The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe: Modernization in Hard Times

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Summary

This book demonstrates that political exchange and coalition building have become the key ingredients for continental European pension reform.

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Introduction: 'eppur si muove' - welfare state change despite institutional inertia
Modernization in hard times: the post-industrial politics of continental welfare state reform
Pension Reform in Continental Europe: A Framework of Analysis:
A new reform agenda: old age security in the post-industrial era
Changing alliances: conflict lines and actor configurations
Reform outputs: strategies of coalitional engineering
Determinants of Successful Pension Reform in Continental Europe:
France - trade union fragmentation as reform opportunity
Germany - institutional obstacles to multidimensional reform politics
Switzerland - recalibration as an enabling mechanism of pension compromises
Conclusion: reform outputs and political implications
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