Bras. Political Sci. Rev.2009;3(1):133-7.
Political Actors, Decision-Making Spheres and Pension System Reform
DOI: 10.1590/1981-3856200900010007
The book Reforma da previdência em perspectiva comparada: Executivo, Legislativo e sindicatos na Argentina e no Brasil, originally a Ph.D. thesis, presents an analysis of trade unionism-government interaction in the pension system reform processes during the administrations of presidents Carlos Menem (1989-1999) of Argentina and Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2002) of Brazil.
The author starts off from the following questions. To what extent can the trade union (TU) movement influence the course of pension system reform? Under what politico-institutional conditions is it more probable that governments decide to include the trade union congresses in a negotiated process of pension system reform? Why do governments decide to include or exclude trade union bodies in the decision-making process of the reform?
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