The politics of age : basic pension systems in a comparative and historical perspective

The coalition of the willing and the breakthrough of the welfare state : the political history of the Danish people's pension / Klaus Petersen & Jørn Henrik Petersen -- From Bismarck to the new pension orthodoxy : the historical development of the pension system in Hungary / Dorottya Szikra -- Women and the pensions system : the case of Britain / Pat Thane -- The "benefit formula" in Danish old age pensions / Jørn Henrik Petersen -- Proposals for introducing a public "basic pension" in germany : an issue for two centuries / Winfried Schmähl -- Pension reforms in Europe : convergence of old-age security systems? / Karl Hinrichs -- Pensions can be cut / Einar Overbye -- Increasing longevity and the welfare state / Torben M. Andersen -- The democratic deficit of pension reform : the case of Sweden / Urban Lundberg