This book challenges existing theories of welfare state change by
analyzing pension reforms in France, Germany, and Switzerland
between 1970 and 2004. It explains why all three countries were
able to adopt far-reaching reforms, adapting their pension regimes
to both financial austerity and new social risks. In a radical
departure from the neo-institutionalist emphasis on policy
stability, the book argues that socio-structural change has led to
a multidimensional pension reform agenda. A variety of
cross-cutting lines of political conflict, emerging from the
transition to a post-industrial economy, allowed governments to
engage in strategies of political exchange and coalition-building,
fostering broad cross-class coalitions in support of major reform
packages. Methodologically, the book proposes a novel strategy to
analyze lines of conflict, configurations of political actors, and
coalitional dynamics over time. This strategy combines quantitative
analyses of actor configurations based on coded policy positions
with in-depth case studies.
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