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Population ageing and the resulting pressures on existing pension
systems constitutes one of the most important challenges modern
societies will have to face over the coming decades. Although
governments have responded to such pressures by adopting a plethora
of pension reforms, the adaptation process is far from over. 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. Ageing populations
throughout the world are extremely reluctant to see their pension
systems dismantled and are therefore prepared to mobilise in their
defence. This process of mobilisation interacts with demographic
pressures and institutional constraints to help determine the
future direction of pension policy. The breadth of geographic
coverage provides an almost global picture of the impact of ageing
on pension reform, at least in terms of high income countries.
Academics and students with an interest in economics, social
policy, sociology and political science will find this a worthwhile
and rewarding volume. It will also be of value to policymakers
interested in how the problem of unsustainable pension systems can
be resolved.
This new study assesses the welfare state to ask key questions and
draw new conclusions about its place in modern society. It shows
how the welfare states that we have inherited from the early
post-war years had one main objective: to protect the income of the
male breadwinner. Today, however, massive social change, in
particular the shift from industrial to post-industrial societies
and economies, have resulted in new demands being put on welfare
states. These demands originate from situations that are typical of
the new family and labour market structures that have become
widespread in western countries since the 1970s and 1980s,
characterised by the clear prevalence of service employment and by
the massive entry of women in the labour market. Against this
background, this book: * presents a precise and clear definition of
'new social risks'. A concept being increasingly used in welfare
state literature. * focuses on the groups that are mostly exposed
to new social risks (women, the young, the low-skilled) in order to
study their political behaviour. * assesses policymaking processes
that can lead to successful adaptation. It covers key areas such as
child care, care for elderly people, adapting pensions to atypical
career patterns, active labour market policies, and policy making
at the EU level. This book will be of great interest for all
students and scholars of politics, sociology and the welfare state
in particular.
This new study assesses the welfare state to ask key questions and
draw new conclusions about its place in modern society.
It shows how the welfare states that we have inherited from the
early post-war years had one main objective: to protect the income
of the male breadwinner. They secured his place in the labor market
and provided a replacement income when work was not possible
because of old age, invalidity, sickness or unemployment. Today,
however, massive social change, in particular the shift from
industrial to post-industrial societies and economies, have
resulted in new demands being put on welfare states.
These demands originate from situations that are typical of the new
family and labor market structures that have become widespread in
western countries since the 1970s and 1980s, characterized by the
clear prevalence of service employment and by the massive entry of
women in the labor market.
Against this background, this book:
* Presents a precise and clear definition of "new social risks." A
concept being increasingly used in the welfare state
literature.
* Focuses on the groups that are mostly exposed to new social risks
(women, the young, the low skilled) in order to study their
political behavior.
* Assesses policymaking processes that can lead to successful
adaptation.
It covers key areas such as child care, care for elderly people,
adapting pensions to atypical career patterns, active labor market
policies, and policy making at the EU level. This book will be of
great interest for all students and scholars of politics, sociology
and the welfare state in particular.
Contents: 1. Social Democracy in Europe: Renewal or Retreat? Martin Powell 2. Policy Changes of European Social Democrats, 1945-1998 Andrea Volkens 3. Models of Citizenship and Social Democratic Policies Dietmar Braun and Oliver Giraud 4. Social Policy in Belgium and the Netherlands: Third Way or Not? Renaat Hoop 5. The Portuguese Socialists and the Third Way Marina Costa Lobo and Pedro C. Magalhaes 6. Turning Ideas into Policies: Implementing Modern Social-Democratic Thinking in Germany's Pension Policy Martin Hering 7. The Social and Employment Policies of the Jospin Government Ben Clift 8. The Third Way in Welfare State Reform? Social Democratic Pension Politics in Germany and Sweden Karen Anderson and Traute Meyer 9. Why do Social Democratic Parties Change Employment Policy Positions? A Comparison of Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom Monika Feigl-Heihs 10. From 'Eurokeynesianism' to the 'Third Way'. The Party of European Socialists (PES) and European Employment Policies 11. Social Democratic Party Policies in Europe: Towards a Third Way? Giuliano Bonoli
Population ageing and the resulting pressures on existing pension
systems constitutes one of the most important challenges modern
societies will have to face over the coming decades. Although
governments have responded to such pressures by adopting a plethora
of pension reforms, the adaptation process is far from over. 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. Ageing populations
throughout the world are extremely reluctant to see their pension
systems dismantled and are therefore prepared to mobilise in their
defence. This process of mobilisation interacts with demographic
pressures and institutional constraints to help determine the
future direction of pension policy. The breadth of geographic
coverage provides an almost global picture of the impact of ageing
on pension reform, at least in terms of high income countries.
Academics and students with an interest in economics, social
policy, sociology and political science will find this a worthwhile
and rewarding volume. It will also be of value to policymakers
interested in how the problem of unsustainable pension systems can
be resolved.
Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth together with internationally
renowned contributors propose that the merging of the 'social
investment' and 'inclusive growth and development' agendas is
forging an unprecedented global social policy framework. The book
shows how these key ideas together with the environmental
imperative of 'sustainability' are shaping a new global development
agenda. This framework opens the way to a truly global social
policy discipline making it essential reading for those working in
social and public policy, politics, economics and development as
well geographical and environmental sciences. In the spirit of the
UN's Sustainability Goals, the book will assist all those seeking
to forge a new policy consensus for the 21st century based on
Social Investment for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development.
Contributors include Giuliano Bonoli, Marius Busemeyer, Sarah Cook,
Guillem Lopez-Casasnovas, Anton Hemerijck, Stephan Klasen, Huck-ju
Kwon, Tim Jackson, Jane Jenson, Jon Kvist, James Midgley, and
Gunther Schmid.
Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth together with internationally
renowned contributors propose that the merging of the 'social
investment' and 'inclusive growth and development' agendas is
forging an unprecedented global social policy framework. The book
shows how these key ideas together with the environmental
imperative of 'sustainability' are shaping a new global development
agenda. This framework opens the way to a truly global social
policy discipline making it essential reading for those working in
social and public policy, politics, economics and development as
well geographical and environmental sciences. In the spirit of the
UN's Sustainability Goals, the book will assist all those seeking
to forge a new policy consensus for the 21st century based on
Social Investment for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development.
Contributors include Giuliano Bonoli, Marius Busemeyer, Sarah Cook,
Guillem Lopez-Casasnovas, Anton Hemerijck, Stephan Klasen, Huck-ju
Kwon, Tim Jackson, Jane Jenson, Jon Kvist, James Midgley, and
Gunther Schmid.
Since the mid-1990s European welfare states have undergone a major
transformation. Relative to the post-war years, today they put less
emphasis on income protection and more on the promotion of labour
market participation. This book investigates this transformation by
focusing on two fields of social policy: active labour market
policy and childcare. Throughout Europe, governments have invested
massively in these two areas. The result, a more active welfare
state, seems a rather solid achievement, likely to survive the
turbulent post-crisis years. Why? Case studies of policy
trajectories in seven European countries and advanced statistical
analysis of spending figures suggest that the shift towards an
active social policy is only in part a response to a changed
economic environment. Political competition, and particularly the
extent to which active social policy can be used for credit
claiming purposes, help us understand the peculiar cross-national
pattern of social policy reorientation. This book, by trying to
understand the shift towards an active welfare state, provides also
an update of political science theories of social policy making.
Since the early 1990s, European welfare states have undergone
substantial changes, in terms of objectives, areas of intervention,
and instruments. Traditional programmes, such as old age pensions
have been curtailed throughout the continent, while new functions
have been taken up. At present, welfare states are expected to help
non-working people back into employment, to complement work income
for the working poor, to reconcile work and family life, to promote
gender equality, to support child development, and to provide
social services for an ageing society. The welfare settlement that
is emerging at the beginning of the 21st century is nonetheless
very different in terms of functions and instruments from the one
inherited from the last century. This book seeks to offer a better
understanding of the new welfare settlement, and to analyze the
factors that have shaped the recent transformation.
Since the early 1990s, European welfare states have undergone
substantial changes, in terms of objectives, areas of intervention,
and instruments. Traditional programmes, such as old age pensions
have been curtailed throughout the continent, while new functions
have been taken up. At present, welfare states are expected to help
non-working people back into employment, to complement work income
for the working poor, to reconcile work and family life, to promote
gender equality, to support child development, and to provide
social services for an ageing society. The welfare settlement that
is emerging at the beginning of the 21st century is nonetheless
very different in terms of functions and instruments from the one
inherited from the last century. This book seeks to offer a better
understanding of the new welfare settlement, and to analyze the
factors that have shaped the recent transformation.
European pension systems are increasingly under pressure. In this book Giuliano Bonoli examines policymakers' efforts to cope, caught between public support for existing pension schemes and the expected inability to sustain current arrangements in the context of an aging population. This book compares and assesses the process of pension policy-making in the UK, France and Switzerland, examining the factors that influence pension reform. The book looks at new pension legislation, demographic change, and pension financing, and will be of interest to policymakers as well as students of the welfare state.
European pension systems are increasingly under pressure. In this book Giuliano Bonoli examines policymakers' efforts to cope, caught between public support for existing pension schemes and the expected inability to sustain current arrangements in the context of an aging population. This book compares and assesses the process of pension policy-making in the UK, France and Switzerland, examining the factors that influence pension reform. The book looks at new pension legislation, demographic change, and pension financing, and will be of interest to policymakers as well as students of the welfare state.
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