The Politics of Pension Reform in South European Welfare States

Sakellaropoulos, Theodoros; Angelaki, Marina

The Politics of Pension Reform in South European Welfare States

in J. van langendonck, (ed.),(2007) The Right to Social Security, Intesentia, Antwerpen -Oxford-New York, Social Europe Series Volume 12, ISBN 90-5095-634-3

27 Pages Posted: 12 May 2014

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Marina Angelaki

Panteion University of Athens

Date Written: 2007

Abstract

The present paper examines the politics of pension reform in Southern Europe, by focusing in particular on the politics of reform in Greece, Portugal and Spain. The presence of a number of common features relating to their socio-economic structures and welfare state development has resulted in the categorization of Southern countries under a separate model or in their identification as distinct clusters of Esping-Andersen’s (1990) state-corporatist model.

Keywords: South welfare states, Welfare types, Greece, Portugal, Spain

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Sakellaropoulos, Theodoros and Angelaki, Marina, The Politics of Pension Reform in South European Welfare States (2007). in J. van langendonck, (ed.),(2007) The Right to Social Security, Intesentia, Antwerpen -Oxford-New York, Social Europe Series Volume 12, ISBN 90-5095-634-3, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2435266