The pension contract - a matter of obligations

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    Abstract

    Book abstract: The ‘Golden Age' of the welfare state in Europe was characterised by a strengthening of social rights as citizens became increasingly protected through the collective provision of income security and social services. The oil crisis, inflation and high unemployment of the 1970s largely saw the end of welfare expansion with critical voices claiming the welfare state had created an unbalanced focus on the social rights of individuals, above their responsibilities as citizens. During the 1980s many western countries developed contractual modes of thinking and regulation within welfare policy. Contractualism has proved a significant organising principle for public reforms in general, and for social policy reforms in particular as it embraces both a way of justifying certain welfare policies and of constructing specific socio-legal policy instruments.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationNew Contractualism in European Welfare State Policies
    EditorsRune Ervik, Nanna Kildal, Even Nilssen
    PublisherAshgate Publishing
    Pages167-192
    Number of pages26
    ISBN (Electronic)9781472445063
    ISBN (Print)9781472445056
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Keywords

    • pensions
    • finance
    • welfare state

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