The Dialectic of Public and Private Pensions

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2113103
AutoresHerman Van Gunsteren (Leiden University), Martin Rein (0000-0002-2670-2815, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Año1985
Volumen14
Número2
Páginas129-149
Fecha de publicación1985-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047279400014483
OpenAlexW2088384217
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas2

Complex images of the differences between public and private activities are endemic in modern capitalist societies. Numerous examples can be found in the field of social policy, but this paper focuses on the historical dialectic between public and private pension arrangements. It compares the interaction over time in a number of countries of the central principles of solidarity and equivalence which have shaped the development of pension provision. Then it illustrates how an understanding of contemporary pressures for the privatization of pension arrangements as a response to the fiscal crisis of welfare states cannot be divorced from their historical and institutional contexts. The paper concludes that pluralistic pension systems offer the best prospect for rational policy analysis and debate provided that a continuing critique of, and dialogue between, the different sectors is encouraged to flourish

Dialectic · Economics · Market economy · Pension · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Private pension · Sociology · Solidarity · Welfare · Finance · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies