02153     2200301   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001800097041000800115082001500123084002100138100001900159245009000178260003300268300003600301500002300337504001400360520120000374650007401574650005301648990002501701990002501726990002501751990002501776990002501801990002501826INLIS00000000000467020221027095112  a0010-0520004670221027                |          | eng    a9780415425995  aeng  a331.252094  a331.252094 MAR p0 aMarier, Patrik1 aPension Politics : Consensus and Social Conflict in Ageing Societies /cPatrik Marier  aNew York :bRoutledge,c2008  axvii, 221 p. ; 24 cm. ;c24 cm.  aIndeks : p.215-221  ap.204-214  aThis book explains why certain countries have been able to radically transform their pension system while others have simply altered parameters. To answer this question an extensive comparative analysis, including more than 60 interviews, was conducted in Belgium, France, Sweden and the UK. This empirical data provides an interesting contrast between reforms. Parametric reforms have stemmed from the creation of pension administrations outside the traditional state apparatus in France and Belgium and the resulting inclusion of social partners; while the state administrations of Sweden and the UK where debates have been internalised have led to programmatic reforms. Two controversial findings of this book include an explanation for the lack of influence on the part of the labour movement in the 1994/98 Swedish reform and a rejection of arguments claiming that policy change will be minimal with coalition governments. Finally the conclusion seeks to extend the applicability of the model to other industrialized countries.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of public policy, specifically social policy, political economy, the welfare state and comparative politics. 4aOld age pensions - Government policy - Europe, Western - Case studies 4aSocial security - Europe, Western - Case studies  a10382/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10383/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10383/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10382/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10382/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10383/MKRI-P/XI-2008