The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974: a political history
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wooten, James A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. University of California Press c2004
Series:California/Milbank books on health and the public 11
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Item Description:Wooten explains in detail how public officials overcame strong opposition from business & organised labour to pass landmark legislation regulating employer-sponsored retirement & health plans. He looks at how the case for reform was taken directly to voters by the mobilisation of the media & public opinion
Includes bibliographical references and index
Policy-making for private pensions : the genesis and structure of a policy domain -- "The most glorious story of failure in the business" : the Studebaker-Packard corporation and the origins of ERISA -- "The 'bible' in this field" : the president's committee on corporate pension funds and the origins of ERISA -- "A new legislative era in this country" : pension reform from blueprint to bill -- "A major American institution, built upon human disappointment" : agenda-setting in the U.S. Senate -- A green light in the Senate -- A donnybrook in the House -- Enacting ERISA.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 415 p.)
ISBN:0520931394
9780520931398

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