Reforming state pension provision in 'Liberal' anglo-saxon countries: Re-commodification, cost-containment or recalibration?

Social Policy and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-90

  Lain, David ^a   Vickerstaff, Sarah ^b   Loretto, Wendy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liberal; path dependency; Pension Reform; Pensions Acts 2007 and 2008; re commodification; retrenchment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894335727     PISSN: 14747464     EISSN: 14753073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474746412000450     Document Type: Article

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