Hagemann, Steffen
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Item type:Publication, Zwischen Druck und Angemessenheit : Deutungsprozesse in der Auseinandersetzung sozialpolitischer Akteure über Reformen der Alterssicherung in Deutschland und Großbritannien(2018-02-14); ; ; Reforms of old age security systems place high demands on policy makers, mainly because these are generally unpopular in society and affect many (political) interests. This dissertation explores how pension reforms that were implemented since the year 2000 are contested within the pension policy community in Germany and the United Kingdom. For this purpose, a concept of 'practise of reasoning' is developed and applied to the data (expert interviews with representatives of socio-political actors and policy documents). In terms of analysis, a reconstruction of 'interpretative frames' which the actors try to maintain throughout the reform debate is accomplished. On the whole, the empirical results reveal the high degree of conflict among two opposing groups of actors in the German discourse, whereas the discourse in UK is grounded on more consensus. The analysis also shows how the institutional and, with that, cultural differences between Germany and the UK give shape to certain arguments used in the discourse.doctoral thesis463 327 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Increasing pension age — inevitable or unfeasible? Analysing the ideas underlying experts' arguments in the UK and GermanyBased on interviews with German and British experts from major political parties, government departments, employer confederations, trade unions and special interest organisations, we investigate the chains of arguments that these experts advance in favour of or against increases in state pension age. In this way, we add to the explanation why very similar reforms could be enforced in the very different pension systems of Germany and the UK. The chains of arguments deployed are surprisingly similar between the two countries: Whereas the proponents of reform stress its necessity in the context of pension spending and see older people as being able to work longer, opponents and sceptics of the increase doubt most older people's ability to work longer and thus the feasibility of the reform. The proponents prioritise ideas of intergenerational justice and meritocratic justice based on individual performance, and underline pension-related interest oppositions between age groups and cohorts. By contrast, opponents and sceptics tend to focus on needs-based justice and social inequalities within age groups. Concomitantly, the actors have different ideas on how a flexible transition to retirement could be organised, with country differences being more pronounced here.journal article86 132