The political economy of pension reform in Central-Eastern Europe
| Titel: | The political economy of pension reform in Central-Eastern Europe / Katharina Müller |
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| Verfasser: | |
| Veröffentlicht: | Cheltenham, UK [u.a.] : Elgar, 1999 |
| Umfang: | XIII, 222 S. : graph. Darst. ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Hochschulschrift: | Zugl.:Frankfurt (Oder), Univ., Diss., 1999 |
| RVK-Notation: | |
| ISBN: | 1840642386 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
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X
- Figures
- p. vii
- Tables
- p. viii
- Abbreviations
- p. x
- Acknowledgements
- p. xiii
- 1.
- Introduction
- p. 1
- 1.1
- Transformation and Social Security in Central and Eastern Europe
- p. 1
- 1.2
- The Focus of this Study
- p. 3
- 1.3
- A Road-Map
- p. 6
- 2.
- Reforming Old-Age Security: Design Choices and Policy Blueprints
- p. 9
- 2.1
- Basic Policy Choices for Old-Age Pension Schemes
- p. 9
- 2.2
- West European Models: Bismarck, Beveridge and Beyond
- p. 13
- 2.3
- Latin American Precedents for Pension Privatisation
- p. 18
- 2.4
- The New Pension Orthodoxy and its Critics
- p. 24
- 3.
- Approaching the Political Economy of Pension Reform
- p. 37
- 3.1
- On the Political Feasibility of Radical Pension Reforms
- p. 37
- 3.2
- Existing Approaches to the Politics of Pension Reform
- p. 39
- 3.3
- Insights from the Political Economy of Policy Reform
- p. 44
- 3.4
- The Conceptual Framework of this Study
- p. 48
- 4.
- Pension Reform in Hungary
- p. 60
- 4.1
- The Legacy: Retirement Schemes Before 1989
- p. 60
- 4.2
- Old-Age Security in Transformation: Initial Measures
- p. 63
- 4.3
- The Way Towards Systemic Pension Reform
- p. 71
- 4.4
- The New Hungarian Pension System
- p. 83
- 4.5
- Summing Up: Problems, Actors and Policy Choices
- p. 87
- 5.
- Pension Reform in Poland
- p. 93
- 5.1
- The Legacy: Retirement Schemes Before 1989
- p. 93
- 5.2
- Old-Age Security in Transformation: Initial Measures
- p. 96
- 5.3
- The Way Towards Systemic Pension Reform
- p. 102
- 5.4
- The New Polish Pension System
- p. 116
- 5.5
- Summing Up: Problems, Actors and Policy Choices
- p. 122
- 6.
- Pension Reform in the Czech Republic
- p. 127
- 6.1
- The Legacy: Retirement Schemes Before 1989
- p. 127
- 6.2
- Old-Age Security in Transformation
- p. 129
- 6.3
- Pension Politics in the Klaus Era
- p. 136
- 6.4
- The Recent Pension Reform Debate
- p. 140
- 6.5
- Summing Up: Problems, Actors and Policy Choices
- p. 144
- 7.
- Central--Eastern European Pension Reforms in a Comparative Perspective
- p. 149
- 7.1
- From a Common Legacy to Bifurcating Reform Paths
- p. 149
- 7.2
- Radical Reform in Hungary and Poland: Conceptual and Political Economy Aspects
- p. 156
- 7.3
- Paradigm Choices, Structural Settings and Actor Constellations in Comparison
- p. 164
- 8.
- Conclusions: The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Central--Eastern Europe
- p. 179
- References
- p. 182
- Index
- p. 218
