Solidarity without the State?

Business and the Shaping of the Swiss Welfare State, 1890-2000

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

AvMatthieu Leimgruber

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This book presents the first comprehensive history of the interplay of public and private provision that made the Swiss 'three-pillar' pension system into a model for the World Bank and other pension reformers during the last two decades of the twentieth century. Through a study of business federations', private pension lobbyists' and insurance companies' archives, Matthieu Leimgruber charts the century-long battle waged over the boundaries of state and private pensions. He shows how a distinctive path towards social provision has laid the foundation for a pension fund industry rivalling that of the United States and the United Kingdom. Through this comparative approach Matthieu Leimgruber is also able to question current assumptions about the strict dichotomy between 'Anglo-Saxon' and 'continental' models of welfare provision. This study will appeal to scholars of twentieth-century European history, economic history, political economy and welfare economics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-03-06
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt672 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor332
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521875400

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List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The emergence of a pension funds champion. Switzerland in the worlds of welfare; 1. The dress rehearsal of pension politics (1890–1914); 2. Laying the foundations of a divided pension system (1914–38); 3. No monster like the Beveridge Plan. The wartime breakthrough of social insurance (1938–48); 4. The three-pillar doctrine and the containment of social insurance (1948–72); Epilogue. Aging in the shadow of the three pillars (1972–2006); Conclusion; Appendix. A statistical overview of the second pillar; Sources and references; Index.

'History is here to remind us that the practicability, acceptance and performance of a social policy model cannot be artificially separated from its roots and development trajectory and these factors should always be taken into account in any discussion about transfer and adoption. Yet, most recommendations in favor of the 'Swiss system' remain utterly silent on these aspects … Matthieu Leimgruber's book is a welcome therapy against this blindness.' Thilo Fehmel, Zeitschrift fur Sozialreform