02227    a2200313   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001600151072001600167072001400183072001300197072001300210072001400223072001400237072002100251072002400272100002200296245012700318250000600445260003200451300001000483520140500493999001501898113882221320250317100410.0250312042015GB                   eng    a9781138822214  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 45.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aKCP2thema7 aQDTS2thema7 aJPFF2thema7 a1D2bisac7 aKCP2bic7 aHPS2bic7 aJPFF2bic7 a1D2bisac7 aPOL0000002bisac7 a331.252209432bisac1 aIgor Guardiancich10aPension Reforms in Central, Eastern and Southeastern EuropebFrom Post-Socialist Transition to the Global Financial Crisis  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20150427  a304 p  bThis book traces and analyzes the legislation and implementation of pension reforms in four Central, Eastern and Southeastern European countries: Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. By comparing the political economy of their policymaking processes, it seeks to pinpoint regularities between institutional settings, actor constellations, decision-making strategies and reform. Guardiancich employs a historical institutionalist framework to analyze the policies, actors and institutions that characterized the period between the collapse of socialism and the global financial crisis of 2008-2011. He argues that viable pension reforms should not be seen simply as an event, but rather as a continuing process that must be fiscally, socially and politically sustainable. In particular, the primary goal of a pension scheme is to reduce poverty, provide adequate retirement income and insure against the risks of old age within given fiscal constraints, and this will happen only if the scheme enjoys continuing political support at all levels. To this end the author individuates those institutional characteristics of countries that increase the consistency of reforms and lower the likelihood of policy reversals in time. Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, political economy, social policy and economics.  c2250d2250