{"product_id":"solidarity-without-the-state-business-and-the-shaping-of-the-swiss-welfare-state-1890-2000-hardback-9780521875400","title":"Solidarity without the State?; Business and the Shaping of the Swiss Welfare State, 1890–2000 (Hardback) 9780521875400","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSolidarity without the State?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBusiness and the Shaping of the Swiss Welfare State, 1890–2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive, comparative study of the Swiss welfare system, based on extensive research in business archives.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthieu Leimgruber (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521875400, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 March 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.672 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book provides a masterly account of the shaping of the Swiss pension system during the twentieth century … there is no doubt that this book will be an important milestone in welfare state research. Hopefully, it will boost more encompassing empirical investigations bearing on all components of the complex nexus between the State, private companies, and associations.' Jean-Michel Bonvin, European History Quarterly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book presents the first comprehensive history of the interplay of public and private provision that made the Swiss 'three-pillar' pension system into a model for the World Bank and other pension reformers during the last two decades of the twentieth century. Through a study of business federations', private pension lobbyists' and insurance companies' archives, Matthieu Leimgruber charts the century-long battle waged over the boundaries of state and private pensions. He shows how a distinctive path towards social provision has laid the foundation for a pension fund industry rivalling that of the United States and the United Kingdom. Through this comparative approach Matthieu Leimgruber is also able to question current assumptions about the strict dichotomy between 'Anglo-Saxon' and 'continental' models of welfare provision. This study will appeal to scholars of twentieth-century European history, economic history, political economy and welfare economics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. The emergence of a pension funds champion. Switzerland in the worlds of welfare\u003cbr\u003e 1. The dress rehearsal of pension politics (1890–1914)\u003cbr\u003e 2. Laying the foundations of a divided pension system (1914–38)\u003cbr\u003e 3. No monster like the Beveridge Plan. The wartime breakthrough of social insurance (1938–48)\u003cbr\u003e 4. The three-pillar doctrine and the containment of social insurance (1948–72)\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Aging in the shadow of the three pillars (1972–2006)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. A statistical overview of the second pillar\u003cbr\u003e Sources and references\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265314574616,"sku":"9780521875400","price":73.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521875400i.jpg?v=1692021624","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/solidarity-without-the-state-business-and-the-shaping-of-the-swiss-welfare-state-1890-2000-hardback-9780521875400","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}