Using the idea of the social division of welfare as a template, this book assesses different approaches to retirement pensions policy, highlighting their relative strengths and weaknesses. An invaluable resource for social science students and for those who teach them. Economists and pension practit...

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Main Author:	Mann, Kirk 1952- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bristol, UK Policy Press 2001
Subjects:	Retirement / Great Britain Old age pensions / Great Britain Older people / Government policy / Great Britain Social status / Great Britain
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Using the idea of the social division of welfare as a template, this book assesses different approaches to retirement pensions policy, highlighting their relative strengths and weaknesses. An invaluable resource for social science students and for those who teach them. Economists and pension practitioners will also find food for thought here
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2022) Machine generated contents note: List of figures and tables iv -- Acknowledgements v -- Acronyms and glossary of terms vii -- Introduction I -- one Social divisions, exclusion and retirement 17 -- two Two versions of political economy: ease and plenty or 49 -- immiseration and crisis? -- three Consumption, consumers and choice 79 -- four Post-work and post-structuralism: first past the post? I I I -- five Risk and post-traditional welfare 143 -- six Looking (or put out) for greener grass? Some comparative 173 -- measures of'success' -- seven Prophets, profits and uncertain conclusions 207 -- Bibliography 225 -- Index 255
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (xi, 269 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781847429568
DOI:	10.46692/9781847429568