Rapide Politikwechsel in der Demokratie: Gründe, Akteure, Dynamiken und Probleme

Rüb, Friedbert W.

doi:10.5771/9783845238524-15

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“…Rather, the post‐2008 reforms in the crisis‐shaken EU countries swiftly passed the legislative process and were implemented with no or short transitional period. Hence, they can be considered as “rapid policy change” (Rüb, 2012).…”

Section: What Are the Trends And Commonalities Of Pension Reform Polimentioning

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Recent pension reforms in Europe: More challenges, new directions. An overview

Hinrichs

2021

Soc Policy Adm

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During the last 30 years, all European Union member states have reformed their pension systems. In view of ongoing and intensifying population aging, efforts have aimed at containing the future rise of the contribution rate, improving the system dependency ratio, lowering the benefit ratio and/or infusing tax money or other financial resources into the system. Moreover, since about the early 2000s, we can observe a move towards a multi‐pillar pension system in countries hitherto running a dominant‐pillar system: private pre‐funded occupational pensions and individual provision for old age are given larger roles within the public–private mix of retirement income. An analysis of reforms shows a finite menu of adjustment options, and concrete measures have to be adapted to nation‐specific institutional contexts. Finally, we can conclude that pension reforms focusing on long‐term financial sustainability may increase the risk of old‐age poverty and, thus, violate a central objective of pension schemes.

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Section: What Are the Trends And Commonalities Of Pension Reform Polimentioning

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Recent pension reforms in Europe: More challenges, new directions. An overview

Hinrichs

2021

Soc Policy Adm

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“…Moreover, this discussion of German migration policy can be related to an emerging theoretical debate within political science in Germany. In two recent papers Rüb (2012;2014) pointed to an increasingly puzzling phenomenon to be observed in Germany that he calls "rapid policy changes". The most striking and publicly most debated examples for these changes took place in the realm of social and labor market policy (massive social cuts in welfare benefĳits, enacted by a center-left government), energy policy (abandoning nuclear energy, enacted by a center-right government) and defense policy (abolition of compulsory military service, enacted by a center-right government).…”

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When Extremes Converge

Kolb

2014

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Not only but particularly in terms of labor migration policy Germany and Canada are widely perceived as being situated at opposite ends of the spectrum. Whereas Canada has for a long time been enjoying a reputation of being one or even the role model for countries seeking to develop a flexible and welcoming immigration scheme that is nonetheless responsive to shortages and demands of specific sectors of the national labor market, the German system has been suffering from the suspicion of being not only structurally hostile towards immigrants but also of featuring a structural one-sidedness in terms of its steering, control and recruitment instruments. Against the background of major immigration reforms in the segment of highly skilled labor migration in both countries the paper describes and analyzes the core elements of these recent policy reforms, arguing that Canada and Germany as of 2013 increasingly display more similarities than differences in their high-skilled labor immigration policy. Both countries have departed from extreme and one-sided steering approaches and now run 'hybrid systems' that aim at making use of the advantages of different steering and recruitment approaches.

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“…Rather, the post-2008 reforms in crisis-shaken EU countries swiftly passed parliaments, and mostly they were implemented with a short time lag. Hence, they can be considered as "rapid policy changes" (Rüb 2012).…”

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The “Great Recession” and Pension Policy Change in European Countries

Brosig¹,

Hinrichs

2022

International Impacts on Social Policy

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In the wake of the “Great Recession” and its severe fiscal implications, many European countries enacted significant pension reforms aimed at reducing public spending and limiting contribution rates. Unlike most changes carried out before, they were implemented swiftly and without building a broad political and social consensus, usually being suggested or even mandated by inter- and supranational organisations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or the European Union (EU). While some of these cuts were at least partly revoked during the following years of economic recovery, European welfare states still tend to face lower “pension burdens” in the upcoming decades than had been expected during the 2000s. Financial sustainability, however, puts adequacy at risk for present and future retirees, many of whom no longer achieve sufficient working careers anyway.

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Rapide Politikwechsel in der Demokratie: Gründe, Akteure, Dynamiken und Probleme

Cited by 8 publications

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Recent pension reforms in Europe: More challenges, new directions. An overview

Recent pension reforms in Europe: More challenges, new directions. An overview

When Extremes Converge

The “Great Recession” and Pension Policy Change in European Countries

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