Twelve Pension sharing on divorce: the future for women
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Debora Price
Abstract
This chapter views the potential financial position of divorced women in retirement in England and Wales from two convergent perspectives. The first is a review of the location of the United Kingdom within the welfare state theory as a paradigm male breadwinner nation state. The second is focused on a certain policy solution to the ‘problem’ of the retirement income of divorced women that has been chosen and recently implemented by the UK government. The chapter also introduces the concept of ‘pension sharing’, which is the allocation of pensions between divorced spouses.
Abstract
This chapter views the potential financial position of divorced women in retirement in England and Wales from two convergent perspectives. The first is a review of the location of the United Kingdom within the welfare state theory as a paradigm male breadwinner nation state. The second is focused on a certain policy solution to the ‘problem’ of the retirement income of divorced women that has been chosen and recently implemented by the UK government. The chapter also introduces the concept of ‘pension sharing’, which is the allocation of pensions between divorced spouses.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures iv
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction: the year in social policy 1
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UK social policy
- Thinking historically about integration 15
- Invest and reform: spending review 2002 and its control regime 31
- Who choosing what? The evolution of the use of ‘choice’ in the NHS, and its importance for New Labour 49
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International issues
- Globalisation/welfare: what’s the preposition? And, or, versus, with? 71
- Convergence in social welfare systems: what does it mean? 91
- Analysing the health transition: what the Greek case tells us about the social determinants of health 111
- Welfare reform in the United States: the first five years of TANF 123
- Social policy in the East Asian tiger economies: past, present and future 155
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In focus: Pensions and old age
- Adapting pension systems to labour market changes in western Europe 175
- Pensions choices for the 21st century: meeting the challenges of an ageing society 197
- The schlock and the new: risk, reflexivity and retirement 217
- Pension sharing on divorce: the future for women 239
- Index 263
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures iv
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction: the year in social policy 1
-
UK social policy
- Thinking historically about integration 15
- Invest and reform: spending review 2002 and its control regime 31
- Who choosing what? The evolution of the use of ‘choice’ in the NHS, and its importance for New Labour 49
-
International issues
- Globalisation/welfare: what’s the preposition? And, or, versus, with? 71
- Convergence in social welfare systems: what does it mean? 91
- Analysing the health transition: what the Greek case tells us about the social determinants of health 111
- Welfare reform in the United States: the first five years of TANF 123
- Social policy in the East Asian tiger economies: past, present and future 155
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In focus: Pensions and old age
- Adapting pension systems to labour market changes in western Europe 175
- Pensions choices for the 21st century: meeting the challenges of an ageing society 197
- The schlock and the new: risk, reflexivity and retirement 217
- Pension sharing on divorce: the future for women 239
- Index 263
