A new book “Politics of Age. Basic Pensions in a Comparative Perspective”

A new book Politics of Age. Basic Pensions in a Comparative Perspective has been published at Peter Lang Publishers. The book is edited by professors Jørn Henrik Petersen and Klaus Petersen from Centre for Welfare State Research, University of Southern Denmark.
 
Financially and politically, old age pensions are one of the cornerstones of modern welfare states, with a long history behind them. Pension systems and pension reforms have not only commanded the special attention of welfare researchers. Over the past few years, politicians throughout most of Europe have discovered that pension reforms can be both a diffucult and hazardous venture. In the book reserachers analyse the historical development of European pension systems as well as present day political and economical challenges. The authors comprise economists, political scientist and historians. The multi-disciplinary approach of the book combined with its comparative and historical perspective make possible a more graded presenation of public pension systems and the challenges facing them.
 
The list of contributors include Nordwel schlars such as Urban Lundberg, the two editors, Pat Thane (Historical Institute London, member of international reference group)and Dorottya Szikra (ELTE University, Nordwel visiting scholar 2008).
 
Jørn Henrik Petersen & Klaus Petersen, The politics of Age. Basic Pension Systems in a Comparative and Historical Perspective, Peter Lang: Frankfurt aM e.a. 2009, 225 pages.