Chapter Introduction: Policy change in difficult times -- chapter 1 The origins of diversity in pension reform processes: A theoretical approach -- chapter 2 France: still a 'societ́e ́bloqueé'? -- chapter 3 Belgium: Seeking to adapt in a crumbling consensual world, one small step at a time -- chapter 4 Sweden: Do unions still matter? Committees instil a radical pension reform -- chapter 5 United Kingdom: A marriage with the private sector? -- chapter 6 Conclusion: Comparative tests of the hypotheses and their application to other industrialized countries
Summary
Presenting an innovative contribution to the literature on the politics of pension reform, this volume provides a neo-institutionalist analysis of pension reform in Belgium, France, Sweden and the United Kingdom
Notes
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-214) and index