The global shift towards the market in the provision of social security is typically associated with the values of the New Right, but we take issue with this view. An examination of the main welfare ideologies that have influenced the development of contemporary social security systems suggests...

<p>This article takes issue with the neoliberal conception of justice that has informed much of retirement pension policy in recent decades. Drawing upon an appraisal of a spectrum of liberal philosophical perspectives, it develops an evaluative framework that specifies the appropriate normative...</p>

<p>Mark Hyde and John Dixon review Shapiro's (2007) <em>Is the Welfare State Justified?</em>, assessing its merits as well as its flaws.</p>

Purpose – For much of the scholarly literature regarding retirement, private pensions are incapable of engaging the trust of those who depend on them. However, this appraisal is flawed by its one-dimensional emphasis on the importance of social solidarity to trust. The purpose of this paper is...