| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 178 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 The European dimension of the pension challenge; 1.1 Summary of the main argument; 2 National pension regimes, supranational harmonization efforts; 2.1 Pressures on public pension systems; 2.2 Multiple identities of workplace pensions; 2.3 Politics of pension market integration; 3 The sources of pension reforms in Western Europe; 3.1 When and why do countries reform their pension systems?; 3.2 The Maastricht Treaty shock: pressure from "above"; 3.3 Empirical analysis; 3.4 Results; 3.5 Conclusion |
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4 Informal signaling and EU-level bargaining4.1 Decision-making in the European Union: bargaining and procedural approaches; 4.2 The costs of adjusting to an EU-wide pension market; 4.3 Formal model; 4.4 Pressure from "below": domestic preferences over EU pension regulations; 4.5 What makes "domestic constraints" assertions credible?; 4.6 Conclusion; 4.7 Equilibrium characterization; How do changes in the valuation of agreement affect the probability of bargaining breakdown?; 5 Single pension market; 5.1 Inefficient agenda setting in the early 1990s |
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5.2 Efficient agenda setting in the early 2000s5.3 Taxation, investment rules, and biometric risk coverage; 5.4 Country variations; 5.5 Alternative explanations; 5.6 Conclusion; 6 The German position on EU pension policies; 6.1 The German workplace pension system; 6.2 Germany and EU negotiation failure in the early 1990s; 6.3 Domestic discourse -- the Kohl era; 6.4 Germany and EU negotiation success in the early 2000s; 6.5 Domestic discourse -- the Schroder era; 6.6 Domestic discourse -- the Merkel era; 6.7 Conclusion; 7 The British position on EU pension policies |
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7.1 The British workplace pension system7.2 Domestic discourse -- the Thatcher era; 7.3 Britain and EU negotiation failure in the early 1990s; 7.4 Britain and EU negotiation success in the early 2000s; 7.5 Domestic discourse -- the Blair era; 7.6 Conclusion; 8 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book uses a multi-method approach to analyze the informal signaling processes that brought about the Europeanization of workplace pensions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Pensions.
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Pensions -- European Union countries
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Pensions -- European Union countries -- Case studies
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pensions (compensation)
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Pensions
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Industry.
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European Union countries
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781107732100 |
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1107732107 |
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9781107723986 |
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1107723981 |
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1306376440 |
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9781306376440 |
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9781139644495 |
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1139644491 |
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110772094X |
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9781107720947 |
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1139894781 |
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9781139894784 |
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1107727995 |
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9781107727991 |
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110773035X |
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9781107730359 |
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1107728592 |
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9781107728592 |
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