The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe Modernization in Hard Times 1st Edition by Silja Hausermann ISBN 0521183685 9780521183680
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ISBN 10: 0521183685
ISBN 13: 9780521183680
Author: Silja Hausermann
This book challenges existing theories of welfare state change by analyzing pension reforms in France, Germany, and Switzerland between 1970 and 2004. It explains why all three countries were able to adopt far-reaching reforms, adapting their pension regimes to both financial austerity and new social risks. In a radical departure from the neo-institutionalist emphasis on policy stability, the book argues that socio-structural change has led to a multidimensional pension reform agenda. A variety of cross-cutting lines of political conflict, emerging from the transition to a post-industrial economy, allowed governments to engage in strategies of political exchange and coalition-building, fostering broad cross-class coalitions in support of major reform packages. Methodologically, the book proposes a novel strategy to analyze lines of conflict, configurations of political actors, and coalitional dynamics over time. This strategy combines quantitative analyses of actor configurations based on coded policy positions with in-depth case studies.
- Explains how countries can reform their pension systems against strong political opposition
- Provides theoretical innovation – it adds a focus on socio-structural micro-level determinants of welfare politics, while the existing literature focuses on institutions and actors
- Provides a new methodological approach to the study of welfare politics, based on the coding of actor positions
The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe Modernization in Hard Times 1st Table of contents:
1. Introduction: ‘eppur si muove’ – welfare state change despite institutional inertia
2. Modernization in hard times: the post-industrial politics of continental welfare state reform
Part I. Pension Reform in Continental Europe: A Framework of Analysis:
3. A new reform agenda: old age security in the post-industrial era
4. Changing alliances: conflict lines and actor configurations
5. Reform outputs: strategies of coalitional engineering
Part II. Determinants of Successful Pension Reform in Continental Europe:
6. France – trade union fragmentation as reform opportunity
7. Germany – institutional obstacles to multidimensional reform politics
8. Switzerland – recalibration as an enabling mechanism of pension compromises
9. Conclusion: reform outputs and political implications.
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