Ageing and pension reform around the world: evidence from eleven countries

Abstract

1. Population Ageing and the Logics of Pension Reform in Western Europe, East Asia and North America 2. Reconfiguring Italian Pensions: From Policy Stalemate to Comprehensive Reforms 3. New Century - New Paradigm: Pension Reforms in Germany 4. The Politics of Pension Reform in France: The End of Exceptionalism? 5. Pension Reform in Sweden: Radical Reform in a Mature Pension System 6. UK Pension Reform: A Test Case for a Liberal Welfare State? 7. Switzerland: Adapting Pensions within Tight Institutional Constraints 8. The Politics of Pension Reform in Japan: Institutional Legacies, Credit-claiming, and Blame Avoidance 9. Pension Reform in Taiwan: Th e Old and the New Politics of Welfare 10. Pension Reform in Korea: Conflict between Social Solidarity and Long-term Financial Sustainability 11. Public Pension Reform in the United States 12. Stasis Amidst Change: Canadian Pension Reform in an Age of Retrenchment Index.