1. Dimensions of the pension problem: institutions, economics and politics -- 2. Understanding the politics of pension reform: a theoretical framework -- 3. Britain: pension reform through majority rule -- 4. Switzerland: the politics of consensual retrenchment -- 5. France: the search for an elusive consensus -- 6. Institutions, power concentration and pension reform
Summary
This text examines reactions to the divergence between public support for existing pension schemes and the likely inability to sustain current arrangements. The author compares pension policy-making in the UK, France and Switzerland
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-184) and index
