This new book provides a cross-country comparative analysis of the key issues shaping the latest pension reforms in Europe: political games, welfare models and pathways, population reactions, and observed and expected outcomes.

Camila Arza is Research Fellow at FLACSO-Argentina.

Martin Kohli is Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute, Italy.

1. Introduction: The Political Economy pf Pension Reform Camila Arza and Martin Kohli Part I. The Politics of Pension Reform 2. The 'New Politics' of Pension Reforms in Continental Europe David Natali and Martin Rhodes 3. Between Conflict and Consensus: The Reform of Bismarckian Pension Regimes Martin Schludi 4. How do Politicians get Away with Path-Breaking Pension Reforms? The Political Psychology of Pension Reform In Democracies Einar Overbye 5. The Politics and Outcomes of Three-Pillar Pension Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe Katharina Müller Part II. Reform Options and Outcomes 6. Changing European Welfare: a New Distribution Pattern of Pension Policy? Camila Arza 7. The Interdependence of The System of Solidarity and the System of Equivalence Martin Rein and Karen Anderson 8. The Anglo-American Pension Regime: Failures of The Divided Welfare State Robin Blackburn 9. The Gender Pension Gap: Effects of Norms and Reform Policies Patricia Frericks and Robert Maier 10. Generational Equity: Concepts and Attitudes Martin Kohli