REGIMES ON PILLAR: ALTERNATIVE WELFARE STATE LOGICS AND DYNAMICS

GOODIN, ROBERT E.;REIN, MARTIN

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, n.º 4/2001, pág. 769

1. A history lesson. a) Pillars through the back door. b) Consequent confusions. 2. Towards a sharper distinction between regimes and pillars. a) Regimes: who gets what, on what conditions?. b) Pillars: who pays and who provides?. 3. Linking regimes and pillars. a) Commonalities. b) "Natural" affinities. c) Novel combinations. 4. Starting here and ending up elsewhere. a) Shifting regimes: means testing versus universalism. b) Evolutionary dynamics within social insurance. 5. Shifting the mix of pillars. a) Shifting burdens to the family. b) State efforts to get the market to pay or provide. c) Putting the pillars together: multi-pillar strategies. 6. Pension politics: A case in point. 7. Conclusion.