Britain''s Pensions Crisis - History and Policy

Zusatztext an important contribution to policy debate as well as social history. Klappentext In this volume, leading experts on the past and present of pensions in Britain debate the present crisis, and the lessons of history for those seeking to craft solutions to it that are both effective and enduring. The volume also contains a number of chapters which draw important lessons from the experience of other European and North American countries over the past few decades. Zusammenfassung British pensions are in crisis. This volume explores the past, present and future of pensions in Britain. Leading experts discuss both the politics and economics of this key area of social policy, and consider developments in the systems of other European countries and in North America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Beveridge and pensions Politics and pensions in postwar Britain History and the present crisis The 'scandal' of women's pensions The sidelining of gender Gender and the present crisis Financing our futures The economics of the crisis The UK Occupational Pension System in Crisis Occupational pension schemes in Britain and Europe Occupational pension schemes in Britain and the USA Occupational pension schemes and the present crisis Pension reforms in Southern Europe Pension reforms in Central and Eastern Europe Pension reform in Northern Europe Epilogue

Product details

• Authors: Hugh (Lecturer in Modern British Histor Pemberton
• Assisted by: Hugh Pemberton (Editor), Hugh (Lecturer in Modern British History Pemberton (Editor), Pemberton Hugh (Editor), Pat Thane (Editor), Pat (Leverhulme Professor of Contemporary British History Thane (Editor), Thane Pat (Editor), Noel Whiteside (Editor), Noel (Zurich Financial Services Fellow Whiteside (Editor), Whiteside Noel (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.10.2006
• EAN: 9780197263853
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726385-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: British Academy Original Paperbacks; British Academy Occasional Papers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Pensions, Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, British & Irish history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Political science and theory