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 at all...
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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 at all levels, and for those who teach them. Economists and pension practitioners will also find food for thought here
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APPROACHING RETIREMENT; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and glossary of terms; Introduction; 1. Social divisions, exclusion and retirement; 2. Two versions of political economy: ease and plenty or immiseration and crisis?; 3. Consumption, consumers and choice; 4. Post-work and post-structuralism: first past the post?; 5. Risk and post-traditional welfare; 6. Looking (or put out) for greener grass? Some comparative measures of 'success'; 7. Prophets, profits and uncertain conclusions; Bibliography; Index;
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.
