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The Handbook of West European Pension Politics provides scholars,
policy-makers and students with a complete overview of the
political and policy issues involved in pension policy, and well as
case studies of contemporary pension politics (1980 to present) in
16 countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. The handbook is suitable as
a text for courses in comparative politics, European Studies,
social policy, comparative public policy and public administration.
Each chapter is written by an expert on pension politics and is
presented in a standardized format with standardized tables and
figures that describe: political institutions; government
coalitions, parliamentary and electoral majorities; the party
system; the pension system; proposed and enacted pension reforms.
Throughout the West, democracy is under fire. "Government is part
of the problem, not the solution" is a common refrain. As the tasks
of the state become more complex and the size of polities larger,
the institutional forms of liberal democracy developed in the 19th
century seem increasingly unable to cope. Rather than seeking to
deepen the democratic character of politics, much energy in recent
years has been directed as reducing the role of politics
altogether. In Associations and Democracy, Joshua Cohen and Joel
Rogers advance an innovative scheme for rejuvenating the democratic
state. Their proposal involves the strengthening of secondary
associations, organizations like unions, works councils,
neighborhood associations, parent-teacher groups and women's
societies. With enlivened secondary associations mediating between
individual citizens and the state, active participation in the
political process can be expanded and democracy enhanced. Such an
approach raises a number of thorny issues: Can such associations
retain their independence from government if they are pulled
further into the political sphere? Will a shift from territorial to
functional representation further fragment an already divided
polity? In an array of original contributions, leading social
scientists respond to Cohen and Rogers with questions like these;
Cohen and Rogers, in turn, sum up the debate. The first of a series
of polemics providing workable scenarios for a progressive future,
Associations and Democracy is a lively and stimulating exploration
of one of the central issues on today's political agenda.
Health Politics in Europe: A Handbook is a major new reference
work, which provides historical background and up-to-date
information and analysis on health politics and health systems
throughout Europe. In particular, it captures developments that
have taken place since the end of the Cold War, a turning point for
many European health systems, with most post-communist transition
countries privatizing their state-run health systems, and many
Western European health systems experimenting with new public
management and other market-oriented health reforms. Following
three introductory, stage-setting chapters, the handbook offers
country cases divided into seven regional sections, each of which
begins with a short regional outlook chapter that highlights the
region's common characteristics and divergent paths taken by the
separate countries, including comparative data on health system
financing, healthcare access, and the political salience of health.
Each regional section contains at least one detailed main case,
followed by shorter treatments of the other countries in the
region. Country chapters feature a historical overview focusing on
the country's progression through a series of political regimes and
the consequences of this history for the health system; an overview
of the institutions and functioning of the contemporary health
system; and a political narrative tracing the politics of health
policy since 1989. This political narrative, the core of each
country case, examines key health reforms in order to understand
the political motivations and dynamics behind them and their impact
on public opinion and political legitimacy. The handbook's
systematic structure makes it useful for country-specific,
cross-national, and topical research and analysis.
The Handbook of West European Pension Politics provides scholars,
policy-makers and students with a complete overview of the
political and policy issues involved in pension policy, and well as
case studies of contemporary pension politics (1980 to present) in
16 countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. The book is suitable as a
text for courses in comparative politics, European Studies, social
policy, comparative public policy and public administration. Each
chapter is written by an expert on pension politics and is
presented in a standardized format with standardized tables and
figures that describe: political institutions; government
coalitions, parliamentary and electoral majorities; the party
system; the pension system; proposed and enacted pension reforms.
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