TY - BOOK AU - Immergut, Ellen M. AU - Anderson, Karen M. AU - Schulze, Isabelle TI - The Handbook of West European Pension Politics SN - 0-19-929147-0 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - pension scheme KW - pension politics KW - Ireland KW - Spain KW - Austria KW - Germany KW - UK KW - Greece KW - Finland KW - Belgium KW - Sweden KW - Luxembourg KW - Netherlands KW - Portugal KW - Denmark KW - Western Europe N2 - 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, and 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 UR - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-handbook-of-west-european-pension-politics-9780199562473?cc=de&lang=en&# ER -