Chapters in this book

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