Privatizing Pensions : The Transnational Campaign for Social Security Reform /

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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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Main Author: Orenstein, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Alexander)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Privatisierung
Rentenreform
Rentenpolitik
Social security > Government policy.
Pensions > Government policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > Retirement Planning.
Securite sociale > Politique gouvernementale.
Pensions > Politique gouvernementale.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400837663

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