Gray Agendas
Interest Groups and Public Pensions in Canada, Britain, and the United States
Description
Explores the reciprocal relationship between public policy and special interest groups for the elderly
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Publishes award-winning books that advance humanities and social science fields, as well as English language teaching and regional resources.
Assists the U-M community of faculty, staff, and students in achieving their publishing ambitions.
Share and access research data, articles, chapters, dissertations and more produced by the U-M community.
A community-based, open source publishing platform that helps publishers present the full richness of their authors' research outputs in a durable, discoverable, accessible and flexible form. Developed by Michigan Publishing and University of Michigan Library.
Contents
Abbreviations - xi
1. Introduction - 1
2. First Phase, Part One: Barriers to Policy Innovation - 19
3. First Phase, Part Two: Foreign Models, Domestic Disseminators - 29
4. Second Phase: Organizational Disincentives and the Dismal Years - 53
5. Third Phase: Universal Benefits, Universal Organizations - 75
6. Scope for Governmental Choice at a Point of Transition - 99
7. Phase Four in Britain - 117
8. Phase Four in Canada - 147
9. Phase Four in the United States - 171
10. Conclusion - 201
Bibliography - 225
Index - 235
Explores the reciprocal relationship between public policy and special interest groups for the elderly