na INLIS000000000004670 20221027095112 0010-0520004670 221027 | | eng 9780415425995 eng 331.252094 331.252094 MAR p Marier, Patrik Pension Politics : Consensus and Social Conflict in Ageing Societies / Patrik Marier New York : Routledge, 2008 xvii, 221 p. ; 24 cm. ; 24 cm. Indeks : p.215-221 p.204-214 This 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. Old age pensions - Government policy - Europe, Western - Case studies Social security - Europe, Western - Case studies 10382/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10383/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10383/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10382/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10382/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10383/MKRI-P/XI-2008