The Handbook of West European Pension Politics

The Handbook of West European Pension Politics provides scholars, policy-makers and students with a complete overview of the political and policy issues involved in pension policy, and well as case studies of contemporary pension politics (1980 to present) in 16 countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. The handbook is suitable as a text for courses in comparative politics, European Studies, social policy, comparative public policy and public administration. Each chapter is written by an expert on pension politics and is presented in a standardized format with standardized tables and figures that describe: political institutions; government coalitions, parliamentary and electoral majorities; the party system; the pension system; proposed and enacted pension reforms. Contributors to this volume - Ellen M. Immergut, Humboldt University, Berlin Isabelle Schulze, Mannheimer Zentrum fur Europaische Sozialforschung (MZES) Michael Moran, University of Manchester Polyxeni Triantafillou, European University Institute Eugenia da Conceicao-Heldt, Humboldt University, Berlin Giuliano Bonoli, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Olli Kangas, The University of Turku, Finland Sannekke Kuipers, Leiden University, The Netherlands Wendy van den Nouland Maurizio Ferrera, University of Milan Matteo Jessoula, University of Milan Christoffer Green-Pedersen, de l'Universite libre de Bruxelles Elisa Chulia, The Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain Martin Schludi, The University of Konstanz, Germany Maria Asensio, University of Coimbra, Portugal Sven Jochem, The University of Konstanz, Germany