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Doctrine and Practice in Social Security Pension Reforms
Author(s) -
Ross Stanford G.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international social security review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1468-246X
pISSN - 0020-871X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-246x.00069
Subject(s) - doctrine , pension , social security , politics , state (computer science) , political science , relation (database) , law and economics , key (lock) , social reform , economics , political economy , public administration , law , ecology , algorithm , database , computer science , biology
This article describes the debate taking place about the most appropriate way for States to provide for retirement income for their citizens. The main doctrinal approaches reflected in this debate are analysed in relation to the actual outcomes of state practice. The key issue is argued to be one not of economic or social policy but of political culture. Reform efforts are surveyed on the basis of the starting points and paths followed in particular countries. The critical problem is found to be how to build a pension system that is realistically based on the actual economic, social, and political conditions of a country.