The Politics of Public Pensions : Parties, State Governments, and Unions.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abott, Carolyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State governments--Officials and employees--Pensions--United States--States.

State governments.

Pension trusts--United States--States--Finance.

Pension trusts.

Government employee unions--Political activity--United States.

Government employee unions.

Political parties--United States--States.

Political parties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2025.

Biography/History:

Carolyn Abott is an assistant professor of political science at Baruch College, City University of New York.

Summary:

This book is a nuanced and comprehensive account of the intricate politics surrounding public sector pensions.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Public Sector Unions, Pensions, and Partisanship

2. The Size and Fiscal Sustainability of State Pensions

3. The Paradox of Financial Transparency

4. What Does Pension Debt Mean for What States Can Do?

5. The Pluralist State, the Coalitional State, and the Disorganized State: Three Examples of Pension Politics

6. Blowing Up the Pluralist Framework: Republicans and Twenty-First-Century Labor Politics

Conclusion

Methodological Appendix

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-231-56025-7

OCLC:

1519991836