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Old Age Security in Comparative Perspective - Hardcover

Williamson, John B.; Pampel, Fred C.

 
9780195068597: Old Age Security in Comparative Perspective
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0195068599 ISBN 13: 9780195068597
Publisher: OUP USA, 1993

Synopsis

This book examines a central element of social welfare, old age security, exploring the history of policies in both developed and underdeveloped countries to assess their structure, ideology and effectiveness. The authors test five theoretical perspectives on old-age security policy in four industrial nations (the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany) and three developing countries (India, Nigeria, Brazil), challenging the view that old age policy is the outcome of class conflict between capital and labour. Instead, the authors adopt a neo-pluralist perspective which emphasizes the influence of ethnic religious and regional groups, as well as "the grey lobby", over that of class-based groups. The authors attempt to test ideas derived in part from these historical case studies by analysing quantitative data from a broader sample of countries (18 industrial nationa and 32 developing nations), and they use these results to anticipate future policy developments in the U.S.

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Review

Williamson and Pampel make an obvious contribution to the academic literature.... (Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare)

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Publisher
OUP USA
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195068599
ISBN 13 
9780195068597
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320