This article assesses the Berlusconi pension reform of 2004, both from a ‘politics’ and ‘policy’ perspective. In part one we link pension policy-making to the more general evolution of the government’s macro-economic and welfare policy agenda since 2001. Part two summarise the policy-making process from 2001 to 2003. Parts three and four focus on the 2004 reform, the first presenting the conflict and debate in the immediate run-up to the reform, the second analysing its innovations and policy implications. In part five we show how these various interventions shaped the outcomes of the reform: the 2004 reform is just a small step towards a financially viable pension system. Part six concludes.
The Berlusconi Pension Reform and the Double Cleavage of Distributive Politics in Italy
D. Natali;
2005
Abstract
This article assesses the Berlusconi pension reform of 2004, both from a ‘politics’ and ‘policy’ perspective. In part one we link pension policy-making to the more general evolution of the government’s macro-economic and welfare policy agenda since 2001. Part two summarise the policy-making process from 2001 to 2003. Parts three and four focus on the 2004 reform, the first presenting the conflict and debate in the immediate run-up to the reform, the second analysing its innovations and policy implications. In part five we show how these various interventions shaped the outcomes of the reform: the 2004 reform is just a small step towards a financially viable pension system. Part six concludes.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
