Beyond the Welfare State

Postwar Social Settlement and Public Pension Policy in Canada and Australia

Sirvan Karimi (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

360 Seiten

2017
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0041-2 (ISBN)

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Neoliberal calls for welfare state reforms, especially cuts to public pensions, are a contentious issue for employees, employers, and national governments across the western world. But what are the underlying factors that have shaped the response to these pressures in Canada and Australia?

In Beyond the Welfare State, Sirvan Karimi utilizes a synthesis of Marxian class analysis and the power resources model to provide an analytical foundation for the divergent pattern of public pension systems in Canada and Australia. Karimi reveals that the postwar social contract in Australia was market-based and more conducive to the privatization of retirement income. In Canada, the social contract emphasized income redistribution that resulted in strengthening the link between the state and the citizen.

By shedding light on the impact of national settings on public pension systems, Beyond the Welfare State introduces new conceptual tools to aid our understanding of the welfare state at a time when it is increasingly under threat.

Sirvan Karimi is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at York University

List of Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

Introduction

1 Review of Theoretical Perspectives on the Welfare State

2 Retirement Income Systems: Canadian and Australian Cases

3 National Settings, Class Forces and Keynesianism

4 Postwar Expansion of Pension System in Australia

5 Postwar Expansion of Pension System in Canada

6 Welfare State Restructuring and Neoliberal Variations in Canada and Australia

7 Restructuring of the Pension System in Australia

8 Restructuring of the Pension System in Canada

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	31.01.2017
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
Zusatzinfo	17 b&w tables
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 229 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-4875-0041-6 / 1487500416
ISBN-13	978-1-4875-0041-2 / 9781487500412
Zustand	Neuware