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Ageing and pension reform around the world evidence from eleven countries / edited by Giuliano Bonoli, Toshimitsu Shinkawa.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2005.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 279 p. )ISBN:
  • 1843767716 (cased)
  • 9781843767718 (hardback)
  • 9781847200945 (pbk.)
  • 9781845423377 (ebook)
Other title:
  • Aging and pension reform around the world
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.252 BON
Contents:
1. Population ageing and the logics of pension reform in Western Europe, East Asia and North America / Giuliano Bonoli and Toshimitsu Shinkawa -- 2. Reconfiguring Italian pensions : from policy stalemate to comprehensive reforms / Maurizio Ferrera and Matteo Jessoula -- 3. New century--new paradigm : pension reforms in Germany / Karl Hinrichs -- 4. The politics of pension reform in France : the end of exceptionalism? / Christelle Mandin and Bruno Palier -- 5. Pension reform in Sweden : radical reform in a mature pension system / Karen M. Anderson -- 6. UK pension reform : a test case for a liberal welfare state? / Peter Taylor-Gooby -- 7. Switzerland : adapting pensions within tight institutional constraints / Giuliano Bonoli -- 8. The politics of pension reform in Japan : institutional legacies, credit-claiming and blame avoidance / Toshimitsu Shinkawa -- 9. Pension reform in Taiwan : the old and the new politics of welfare / Chen-Wei Lin --10. Pension reform in Korea : conflict between social solidarity and long-term financial sustainability / Yeon Myung Kim and Kyo-seong Kim --11. Public pension reform in the United States / R. Kent Weaver --12. Stasis amidst change : Canadian pension reform in an age of retrenchment / Daniel Béland and John Myles.
Summary: This book comprehensively documents developments in pension policy in eleven advanced industrial countries in Western Europe, East Asia and North America. In order to explore what population ageing means for the sustainability of pension systems, the authors present a detailed review of pension policy making over the past two decades and provide up-to-date analysis of current pension legislation. They examine the factors that can facilitate or impede the adaptation of pension systems and the features that shape and determine reforms. They also highlight the fact that although the path of reform taken by each country is somewhat different, the processes at work are often very similar.
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A comparison of data from Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, the United States, and Canada.

1. Population ageing and the logics of pension reform in Western Europe, East Asia and North America / Giuliano Bonoli and Toshimitsu Shinkawa -- 2. Reconfiguring Italian pensions : from policy stalemate to comprehensive reforms / Maurizio Ferrera and Matteo Jessoula -- 3. New century--new paradigm : pension reforms in Germany / Karl Hinrichs -- 4. The politics of pension reform in France : the end of exceptionalism? / Christelle Mandin and Bruno Palier -- 5. Pension reform in Sweden : radical reform in a mature pension system / Karen M. Anderson -- 6. UK pension reform : a test case for a liberal welfare state? / Peter Taylor-Gooby -- 7. Switzerland : adapting pensions within tight institutional constraints / Giuliano Bonoli -- 8. The politics of pension reform in Japan : institutional legacies, credit-claiming and blame avoidance / Toshimitsu Shinkawa -- 9. Pension reform in Taiwan : the old and the new politics of welfare / Chen-Wei Lin --10. Pension reform in Korea : conflict between social solidarity and long-term financial sustainability / Yeon Myung Kim and Kyo-seong Kim --11. Public pension reform in the United States / R. Kent Weaver --12. Stasis amidst change : Canadian pension reform in an age of retrenchment / Daniel Béland and John Myles.

This book comprehensively documents developments in pension policy in eleven advanced industrial countries in Western Europe, East Asia and North America. In order to explore what population ageing means for the sustainability of pension systems, the authors present a detailed review of pension policy making over the past two decades and provide up-to-date analysis of current pension legislation. They examine the factors that can facilitate or impede the adaptation of pension systems and the features that shape and determine reforms. They also highlight the fact that although the path of reform taken by each country is somewhat different, the processes at work are often very similar.

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