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Privatizing pensions : the transnational campaign for social security reform /

To what extent do international organizations, global policy networks, and transnational policy entrepreneurs influence domestic policy makers? Have we entered a new phase of globalization that, unbeknownst to most citizens, shapes policies that used to be the sole domain of domestic politics? Priva...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Orenstein, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Alexander)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:To what extent do international organizations, global policy networks, and transnational policy entrepreneurs influence domestic policy makers? Have we entered a new phase of globalization that, unbeknownst to most citizens, shapes policies that used to be the sole domain of domestic politics? Privatizing Pensions reveals how international institutions--such as the World Bank, USAID, and other transnational policy actors--have played a seminal role in the development, diffusion, and implementation of new pension reforms that are transforming the postwar social contract in more than thirty cou.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 216 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index.
ISBN:9781400837663
1400837669