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Britain's Pensions Crisis
History and Policy
Edited by Hugh Pemberton, Pat Thane, and Noel Whiteside
280 pages
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Numerous tables and figures
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234x156mm
978-0-19-726385-3
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Paperback
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19 October 2006
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- One of the most important and pressing policy issues confronting Britain today
British pensions are in crisis. Yet in all the discussion of what exactly the crisis consists of, and how it might be addressed, attention to the history of how the crisis has come about is surprisingly lacking. History has much to tell us about how pensions have developed in Britain, how that development has shaped the crisis that we now face, and how decisions taken in the past constrain our options for the future.
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.
Containing reactions to the second report of the Pensions Commission and the government's response to it, Britain's Pensions Crisis will be essential reading for all those interested in the politics and economics of this key area of social policy.Readership: Scholars and students of contemporary history, social policy, welfare economics and political science.
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Edited by Hugh Pemberton, Lecturer in Modern British History, University of Bristol, Pat Thane, Leverhulme Professor of Contemporary British History, Centre for Contemporary British History at the Institute for Historical Research, University of London, and Noel Whiteside, Zurich Financial Services Fellow, University of Warwick Contributors:
Professor Gordon Clark, University of Oxford; Professor Maurizio Ferrara, State University of Milan; Frank Field MP, Chairman, Pensions Reform Group; Professor Jay Ginn, University of Surrey; Professor Howard Glennerster, LSE, Fellow of the British Academy; Professor
Jose Harris, University of Oxford, Fellow of the British Academy; Professor John Hills, Pensions Commission /LSE; Professor Dr. Karl Hinrichs, University of Bremen; Baroness Hollis, DWP Parliamentary Under-secretary 2001-2005; Professor Paul Johnson, LSE; Dr Katherina Müller, German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany; Dr Hugh Pemberton, University of Bristol; Dr Steven A. Sass, Centre for Retirement Research, Boston College, USA; Professor Pat Thane, University of London; Professor Noel Whiteside, University of Warwick
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"[An] important contribution to policy debate as well as social history." - 20th Century British History "a very informative book... timely" - Prem Sikka, Tribune "Being a paperback makes the book accessible and portable, and helps to make it appear very much what it is: a reader on the history of our pensions system." - Padraig Floyd, Pensions Management "an important contribution to policy debate as well as social history." - Robin Blackburn, 20th Century British History
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Hugh Pemberton, Pat Thane & Noel Whiteside: Introduction
Jose Harris: Beveridge and pensions
Hugh Pemberton: Politics and pensions in postwar Britain
Howard Glennerster: History and the present crisis
Pat Thane: The 'scandal' of women's pensions
Jay Ginn: The sidelining of gender
Baroness Hollis: Gender and the present crisis
Paul Johnson: Financing our futures
John Hills: The economics of the crisis
Gordon Clark: The UK Occupational Pension System in Crisis
Noel Whiteside: Occupational pension schemes in Britain and Europe
Steven A. Sass: Occupational pension schemes in Britain and the USA
Frank Field: Occupational pension schemes and the present crisis
Maurizio Ferrara: Pension reforms in Southern Europe
Dr Katherina Müller: Pension reforms in Central and Eastern Europe
Karl Hinrichs: Pension reform in Northern Europe
Hugh Pemberton, Pat Thane & Noel Whiteside: Epilogue
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