But is it 'Fair'? The UK Coalition Government, 'Fairness' and the 'Reform' of Public Sector Pensions

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-345

  Cutler, Tony ^a   Waine, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coalition; Distributive justice; Public pensions; Reform; UK

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATION; PENSION SYSTEM; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; REFORM PROCESS; WELFARE PROVISION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876302927     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2012.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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