(Ebook) The Handbook of West European Pension Politics by Immergut E.M. (ed.), Anderson K.M. (ed.), Schulze I. (ed.) ISBN 9780199291472, 0199291470

(Ebook) The Handbook of West European Pension Politics by Immergut E.M. (ed.), Anderson K.M. (ed.), Schulze I. (ed.) ISBN 9780199291472, 0199291470

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, as 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.