Transformation of social security

InhaltsverzeichnisIntroduction: Transforming Social Security - Pensions in Central-Eastern Europe.I. Transition and Social Security in Central-Eastern Europe.Social Security - A Second Phase Transformation Phenomenon?.The Transformation of Social Security in Central and Eastern Europe.II. Issues and Role Models in the Pension Reform Debate.The Controversy Between the Pay-As-You-Go System and the Fully-Funded System in Old-Age Security.The Political Feasibility of Pension Reform in the Light of Demographic Change.Pension Reforms in Germany: Major Topics, Decisions and Developments.Paradigmatic Change in Old-Age Security - Latin American Cases.III. Old-Age Security in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic: Institutional Legacy, Political Actors and Reform.The Polish Pension System and its Problems.The New Polish Pension Laws.Political Actors and Reform Paradigms in Old-Age Security in Poland.Hungarian Old-Age Security Prior to the 1998 Reform.The New Hungarian Pension System and its Problems.The Politics of the Hungarian Pension Reform.Political Actors and Reform Paradigms in Czech Old-Age Security.An Analysis of the Voluntary Pension Fund System in the Czech Republic.IV. Central-Eastern European Pension Reforms in Comparison.Distributional and Fiscal Consequences of Social Security Reforms in Central-Eastern Europe.Structural Settings, Political Actors, and Paradigmatic Outcomes in Central-Eastern European Pension Reforms.