The Handbook of West European Pension Politicsprovides scholars, policy-makers and students with a complete overview of the political and policy issues involved in pension policy, as 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.
1. Editors Introduction: the Dynamics of Pension Politics,Ellen M. Immergut & Karen M. Anderson Part I. Single Veto Player Governments; No Veto Points 2. United Kingdom: pension politics in an adversarial system,Isabelle Schulze & Michael Moran 3. Greece: political competition in a majoritarian system,Polyxeni Triantafillou 4. 4. France: the importance of the electoral cycle,Eug?nia da Concei??o-Heldt Part II. Multiple Veto Points 5. Switzerland: the impact of direct democracy on a multipillar system,Giuliano Bonoli 6. Finland: labor markets against politics,Olli Kangas 7. Belgium: linguistic veto players and pension reform,Karen M. Anderson, Sannekke Kuipers, Isabelle Schulze & Wendy van den Nouland Part III. Many Partisan Veto Players 8. Sweden: after social democratic hegemony,Karen M. Anderson & Ellen M. Immergut 9. Italy: a narrow gate for path-shift,Maurizio Ferrera & Matteo Jessoula 10. Denmarlă‘
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