Pension reform in Europe : process and progress

Intro -- Contents -- Cover -- Title -- Foreword vii -- 1 Accelerating the European Pension Reform Agenda: Need, Progress,and Conceptual Underpinnings 1 -- 2 The Making of Pension Privatization in Latin America and Eastern Europe 47 -- 3 The Rediscovery of Politics: Democracy and Structural Pension Reform in Continental Europe 79 -- 4 Population Aging, Electoral Behavior, and Early Retirement 111 -- 5 Commitment and Consensus in Pension Reform 131 -- 6 Social Policy Models in Transition: Why Are They So 157 -- 7 Mapping the Diffusion of Pension Innovation 171 -- About the Authors 195 -- Index 199 -- Figures -- Tables.