2021
DOI: 10.1111/issr.12263
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A shift to libertarian paternalism in old‐age income security: Discourses on pension privatization reforms in Lithuania 2016–2018

Abstract: This study uses news media discourse analysis to investigate the highly contentious process of pension privatization retrenchment in Lithuania. In 2016, Lithuania began debating reforms on restructuring its poorly performing "second pillar" pension schemestatutory funded individually defined contribution plans managed by the private sector. Pension reform is here conceptualized as a process of discursive contestation of the orthodox neoliberal consensus that prevailed in designing and introducing a private pen… Show more

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“…Obfuscation studies focus on delineating when and under what conditions such strategies are employed and to what effect, such as communicating on transparent but obfuscating non-transparent aspects of reforms (Lindbom, 2007) or engaging in a variety of blame-avoidance maneuvers (Weaver, 1986). In the case of pension privatization reform in Lithuania, obfuscation was at play when its supporters engaged in relentless attempts to undermine trust in the public pension scheme as fiscally and demographically unsustainable and doomed to failure (Juska, 2021). In the Lithuanian labor law reforms, the PM used bundling as an obfuscation strategy, that is combining controversial liberalization of the labor law bill with other more popular bills, such as extending family and disability benefits, to blunt criticism and opposition to the labor law reform.…”
Section: Disembedded Politics: How Is It Done?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Obfuscation studies focus on delineating when and under what conditions such strategies are employed and to what effect, such as communicating on transparent but obfuscating non-transparent aspects of reforms (Lindbom, 2007) or engaging in a variety of blame-avoidance maneuvers (Weaver, 1986). In the case of pension privatization reform in Lithuania, obfuscation was at play when its supporters engaged in relentless attempts to undermine trust in the public pension scheme as fiscally and demographically unsustainable and doomed to failure (Juska, 2021). In the Lithuanian labor law reforms, the PM used bundling as an obfuscation strategy, that is combining controversial liberalization of the labor law bill with other more popular bills, such as extending family and disability benefits, to blunt criticism and opposition to the labor law reform.…”
Section: Disembedded Politics: How Is It Done?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Diversas reformas foram implantadas nesse sentido, no entanto, muitas delas foram revertidas tempos depois (Ortiz et al, 2019). A motivação é que os sistemas começaram a entrar em colapso ou as aposentadorias pagas ao final da vida não eram suficientes para a manutenção dos segurados, levando a um empobrecimento na velhice, que ao final, provocou pressões sociais que levaram a uma alteração desses sistemas (Ebbinghaus, 2021;Juska, 2021). O caso do Chile é um exemplo emblemático, mas outros países da América Latina que também fizeram reformas no sentido de privatizarem seus sistemas de aposentadorias já reverteram essas reformas (Ortiz et al, 2019).…”
Section: Características Dos Sistemas De Pensão (Pension)unclassified
“…Aqui, uma lacuna evidente é que a grande maioria dos estudos partem de uma visão neoliberal e utilitarista do mundo (Bresser-Pereira 2020a; Juska, 2021). Nesse caso, estudos dos mesmos temas já abordados por outros estudos, mas que partam de outras lentes de economia política, como o "New Developmentalism" (Bresser-Pereira, 2019; 2020b) ou uma ideologia Paternalista Libertária (Juska, 2021) podem apontar para soluções diferentes, e em alguns casos, muito mais eficientes. A lente metodológica que o pesquisador está usando também vai impactar em seus resultados, por isso, novas lentes podem ampliar a gama de soluções para problemas complexos dentro de uma sociedade (Bryson, Barberg, Crosby, & Patton, 2021).…”
Section: Temas Fundamentais (Words Analysis)unclassified