This essay is a short comment on the newly published book by Dr. Liu Ji,Class versus Generation Cleavages:A Comparative Analysis of the Politics of Pension Reform in European Welfare States,one of the monographs thoro...This essay is a short comment on the newly published book by Dr. Liu Ji,Class versus Generation Cleavages:A Comparative Analysis of the Politics of Pension Reform in European Welfare States,one of the monographs thoroughly exploring the welfare crisis in west European countries since the 1990s. The author focuses on the roles of the various social coalitions with veto powers during the retrenchment process of public pensions in 5 European countries. He finds out the causal relationship between the intensity of family support for the elderly and the formation of various social coalitions by use of extensive empirical evidence. Starting with a review of the paradigm used in this book,that is,social coalition,this article makes an overall exploration of its argumentation process,then points out the existing shortcomings and finally makes a critical comment on the author’s emphasis on the model of family support for the elderly.展开更多
文摘This essay is a short comment on the newly published book by Dr. Liu Ji,Class versus Generation Cleavages:A Comparative Analysis of the Politics of Pension Reform in European Welfare States,one of the monographs thoroughly exploring the welfare crisis in west European countries since the 1990s. The author focuses on the roles of the various social coalitions with veto powers during the retrenchment process of public pensions in 5 European countries. He finds out the causal relationship between the intensity of family support for the elderly and the formation of various social coalitions by use of extensive empirical evidence. Starting with a review of the paradigm used in this book,that is,social coalition,this article makes an overall exploration of its argumentation process,then points out the existing shortcomings and finally makes a critical comment on the author’s emphasis on the model of family support for the elderly.
