The Political Economy of Pension Policy Reversal in Post-Communist Countries

Sarah Wilson Sokhey (University of Colorado Boulder)

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Cambridge University Press
16 January 2020

Central government; Political economy; Pensions

Why do governments backtrack on major policy reforms? Reversals of pension privatization provide insight into why governments abandon potentially path-departing policy changes. Academics and policymakers will find this work relevant in understanding market-oriented reform, authoritarian and post-communist politics, and the politics of aging populations. The clear presentation and multi-method approach make the findings broadly accessible in understanding social security reform, an issue of increasing importance around the world. Survival analysis using global data is complemented by detailed case studies of reversal in Russia, Hungary, and Poland including original survey data. The findings support an innovative argument countering the conventional wisdom that more extensive reforms are more likely to survive. Indeed, governments pursuing moderate reform - neither the least nor most extensive reformers - were the most likely to retract. This lends insight into the stickiness of many social and economic reforms, calling for more attention to which reforms are reversible and which, as a result, may ultimately be detrimental.

By: Sarah Wilson Sokhey (University of Colorado Boulder)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781316639535
ISBN 10: 1316639533
Pages: 271
Publication Date: 16 January 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Figures and tables; Pension terminology; Preface; Part I. Introduction and Theory: 1: Introduction: explaining the puzzling reversal of pension privatization; 2. Backtracking on pension privatization around the world; 3. A theory of policy reversal; Part II. Global Trends in Pension Privatization Reversal: 4. Evidence on pension policy reversals from around the world; Part III. Pension Privatization Reversal under Moderate Reform; Overview of Case Studies: 5. Russia's staggered reversal of reform; 6. Russia's domestic stakeholders and backtracking on reform; 7. Variation in pension policy reversals: Hungary and Poland; Summary of case findings; Part IV. Conclusion: 8. The importance of understanding policy reversal; Appendix of interviews conducted by author; References; Index.

Sarah Wilson Sokhey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, a Faculty Associate at the Institute of Behavioral Science, and an Associate Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. Her work on comparative political economy and post-communist politics has appeared in Party Politics, Europe-Asia Studies, Business and Politics, and Economics and Politics. Her research has been funded by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC).

Reviews for The Political Economy of Pension Policy Reversal in Post-Communist Countries

'... the book makes an important contribution both to pension policy and to market-oriented reform studies and will be appreciated by a wide audience of scholars and policymakers.' Daria Prisiazhniuk, Europe-Asia Studies '... the book makes an important contribution both to pension policy and to market-oriented reform studies and will be appreciated by a wide audience of scholars and policymakers.' Daria Prisiazhniuk, Europe-Asia Studies