| Pensions Contributor(s): Hill, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1861348517 ISBN-13: 9781861348517 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2007 Annotation: What do we really know and understand about pensions? This book provides a much-needed basic guide to the issues surrounding pension policy, not just in the UK but worldwide. Michael Hill offers an illuminating examination of this highly topical subject, reviewing contemporary arguments about pensions in the UK and elsewhere, and emphasizing the difficulty of reconciling short political time frames with the provision of long term pension policy. Critical of the many 'quick fix' approaches to the topic, the author sets out the competing political and economic considerations for developing pension policy within democratic politics. Pensions provides a brief history of the way pensions have developed to date and clearly explains the complexity of worldwide pension policies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Personal Finance - Retirement Planning - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Gerontology |
| Dewey: 331.252 |
| LCCN: 2007532262 |
| Series: Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.50 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a much-needed introductory guide to the issues surrounding pension policy, not just in the UK but worldwide, and offers a critique of some of the dominant ideas and assumptions. Noting the intense debate that currently surrounds the subject, the book explores a wider view of the continuing issues about pension policy. It draws attention to an ideological 'fault-line' running through pensions policy, between a dominant view of pensions as deferred earnings on the one hand and a view of them as providers of an adequate income to enable elderly people to participate fully in society on the other. It argues for more attention to that second perspective, as an aspect of the search for a satisfactory work/ life balance. Critical of the many 'quick fix' approaches to the topic, the author attacks 'the demographic time bomb thesis' for its crude assumptions about the future burden of the old and exposes na ve assumptions about what can be achieved by pension funding. This book offers an excellent analysis for the general reader and provides an authoritative supplementary text for courses in social policy. Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century This exciting series offers a guide through some of today's most hotly contested policy issues by distinguished leaders in the field. Each book untangles current policy debates, looking behind the rhetoric and spin to discover what is at the core of contemporary political agendas. Authors present their own perspectives and make recommendations for what could - or should - be our priorities for future policy reform. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hill, Michael: - Michael Hill has worked as a civil servant and taught public and social policy in several universities throughout the United Kingdom. He is emeritus professor of social policy at the University of Newcastle, the author of many books, and currently the editor of the Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century series published by Policy Press at the University of Bristol. |