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Client organizations in a corporatist country
— pensioners' organizations and pension policy in Sweden | | Author(s) | David Feltenius |
| Journal title | Journal of European Social Policy, vol 17, no 2, May 2007 |
| Pages | pp 139-152 |
| Source | http://esp.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Pensioners organisations ; Pensions ; Retirement policy ; Social welfare ; Social policy ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The relevance of Paul Pierson's (1994 and 1996 welfare retrenchment) arguments about the important role played by organisations for welfare clients is scrutinised. This is done through a case study of pensioners' organisations in Sweden and their influence on pension policy between 1980 and 2002. In terms of Pierson's argument, Sweden is considered to be a least likely candidate, because its strong labour movement is expected to crowd out other organised interests from the policy process. The investigation reveals, however, that pensioners' organisations have been able to exert influence on pension policy on different occasions. Their influence is explained by their high rating as an organisation, which enables them to represent an important group of voters. These findings contradict previous research suggesting that client organisations are weak, particularly in corporatist countries with a strong labour movement, and demonstrate that Pierson's argument also has relevance in such countries. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070508224 A |
| Classmark | BB6:P4: JJ: G5: TY: TM2: 76P |
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