Retiring the State - The Politics of Pension Privatization in Latin America and Beyond

In the 1990s, numerous Latin American nations privatized their public pension systems. These reforms dramatically transformed the way these countries provide retirement income, and they provoked widespread protests from workers and pensioners alike. Retiring the State represents the first book-length study of the origins of this surprising trend.
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About the author

Raúl L. Madrid is Assistant Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin.

Summary

In the 1990s, numerous Latin American nations privatized their public pension systems. These reforms dramatically transformed the way these countries provide retirement income. This book is a study of the origins of this surprising trend.

Additional text

"[Madrid] demonstrates a mastery of the relevant empirical material, and he makes a convincing case that the causes of pension reform in Latin America are different from the causes of welfare reform more generally."

Product details

• Authors: Raul L Madrid, Raul L. Madrid, Madrid Raul
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2003
• EAN: 9780804747073
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-4707-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 231 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 445 g
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education