Two Towards a fairer pension system for women? Assessing the impact of recent pension changes on women
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Liam Foster
Abstract
In Chapter Two, Liam Foster examines the changing nature of pensions policy in the UK with a particular focus on the gendered dimensions of retirement incomes. Here the focus is on the implications of the Coalition government’s policies on pensioners, and especially on women, with a particular focus on changes to private as well as public pensions, and both in the short and longer terms. Foster considers whether, set against rising life expectancies, retirement futures are likely to be more or less stable, equitable and well-funded. On each of these questions, the Coalition government’s policies are found wanting.
Abstract
In Chapter Two, Liam Foster examines the changing nature of pensions policy in the UK with a particular focus on the gendered dimensions of retirement incomes. Here the focus is on the implications of the Coalition government’s policies on pensioners, and especially on women, with a particular focus on changes to private as well as public pensions, and both in the short and longer terms. Foster considers whether, set against rising life expectancies, retirement futures are likely to be more or less stable, equitable and well-funded. On each of these questions, the Coalition government’s policies are found wanting.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures and tables v
- Notes on contributors vii
- Introduction 1
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The British welfare state
- Economic crisis, work–life balance and class 11
- Towards a fairer pension system for women? Assessing the impact of recent pension changes on women 29
- Warehouse, marketise, shelter, juridify: on the political economy and governance of extending school participation in England 47
- The political economy of taxation in the 21st-century UK 65
- Occupational and fiscal welfare in times of crisis 85
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The Social Policy Association Conference 2013
- Better to satisfy the coroner than the auditor: social policy delivery in challenging times 103
- Social Impact Bonds: shifting the boundaries of citizenship 119
- Creating a legacy of long-term indebtedness: the toxic impact of payday loans in Wolverhampton 137
- No future to risk? The impact of economic crises and austerity on young people at the margins of European employment and welfare settings 155
- Aristotle on the front line 181
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Towards integrated services? The integration of social policies and other policy domains
- Integration of social and labour market policy institutions: towards more control and responsiveness? 201
- Decentralised integration of social policy domains 221
- Rescaling inequality? Welfare reform and local variation in social assistance payments 239
- The competition–collaboration dilemma: the perverse effects of mixed service integration policy approaches in Queensland 259
- Developing integration of health and social care in England 279
- Index 295
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures and tables v
- Notes on contributors vii
- Introduction 1
-
The British welfare state
- Economic crisis, work–life balance and class 11
- Towards a fairer pension system for women? Assessing the impact of recent pension changes on women 29
- Warehouse, marketise, shelter, juridify: on the political economy and governance of extending school participation in England 47
- The political economy of taxation in the 21st-century UK 65
- Occupational and fiscal welfare in times of crisis 85
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The Social Policy Association Conference 2013
- Better to satisfy the coroner than the auditor: social policy delivery in challenging times 103
- Social Impact Bonds: shifting the boundaries of citizenship 119
- Creating a legacy of long-term indebtedness: the toxic impact of payday loans in Wolverhampton 137
- No future to risk? The impact of economic crises and austerity on young people at the margins of European employment and welfare settings 155
- Aristotle on the front line 181
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Towards integrated services? The integration of social policies and other policy domains
- Integration of social and labour market policy institutions: towards more control and responsiveness? 201
- Decentralised integration of social policy domains 221
- Rescaling inequality? Welfare reform and local variation in social assistance payments 239
- The competition–collaboration dilemma: the perverse effects of mixed service integration policy approaches in Queensland 259
- Developing integration of health and social care in England 279
- Index 295
