Ageing Populations in Post-industrial Democracies: Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics

by Vanhuysse; Pieter

• ISBN13: 9780415603829
• ISBN10: 041560382X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781136598760
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-15
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Most advanced democracies are currently experiencing accelerated population ageing. This fundamentally changes not just their demographic composition: it also can be expected to have far-reaching social, political and public policy consequences. Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies brings together an array of comparative empirical analyses dealing with generational politics and public policies. It examines changing electoral policy demands due to demographic ageing and shifting lifestyles. It presents a theoretically unified, case study approach. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, and those studying electoral and social policy reform.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. xv
List of tables	p. xvi
Contributors	p. xviii
Preface	p. xxi
Mapping the field: comparative generational politics and policies in ageing democracies	p. 1
Explaining the success of pensioners' parties: a qualitative comparative analysis of 31 polities	p. 23
Rhetoric and action on ageing in the world's 'oldest' democracies: party platforms and labor policies in Germany, Italy, and Japan	p. 54
Live longer, work longer? Intergenerational fairness in retirement age reforms in Germany and the United Kingdom	p. 79
Pension regimes, gender and generational inequalities: the persistence of institutional differences in ageing post-industrial democracies	p. 106
Accelerating smaller cutbacks to delay larger ones? The politics of timing and alarm bells in OECD pension generosity retrenchment	p. 127
Population ageing, the elderly, and the generosity of standard and minimum pensions	p. 145
The family and the welfare state: the impact of public provision for families on young people's demand for public childcare across 21 nations	p. 178
Cohort, class and attitudes to redistribution in two liberal welfare states: Britain and the United States, 1996-2006	p. 206
How family policies affect women's formation of domestic unions - and why it matters for fertility	p. 225
Epilogue - conflict and convergence: an American perspective on the politics of ageing welfare states	p. 248
Index of terms	p. 263
Index of names	p. 269
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