The Reform of Bismarckian Pension Systems: A Comparison of Pension Politics in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2005

The Reform of Bismarckian Pension Systems

Volume 4 in the series Changing Welfare States

Offers an analysis of the political process involved in the reform of the pension systems in European countries.

Martin Schludi is the assistant director of the Institute for Employment Research in Nuremberg.

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table Of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	7
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	9
1. The Need for Pension Reform:A Problem-Oriented Perspective Open Access Download PDF	13
2. An Empirical Overview of Policy Change in Bismarckian Pension Regimes Open Access Download PDF	51
3. The Politics of Pension Reform:An Actor-Centred Explanatory Framework Open Access Download PDF	59
4. Sweden:Policy-Oriented Bargaining Open Access Download PDF	89
5. Italy:Corporatist Concertation in the Shadow of EMU Open Access Download PDF	109
6. Germany:From Consensus To Conflict Open Access Download PDF	129
7. Austria:Reform Blockage by the Trade Unions Open Access Download PDF	165
8. France:Adverse Prerequisites for a Pension Consensus Open Access Download PDF	191
9. Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	219
Appendix I. Summary Description of Retirement Systems (1986) Open Access Download PDF	249
Appendix II. Chronology of National Pension Reforms (from 1989 until 2001) Open Access Download PDF	259
Appendix III. Glossary of Terms Open Access Download PDF	269
Notes Open Access Download PDF	273
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	289
Index Open Access Download PDF	307

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