%0 Journal Article
%T Individualisation reversed: the cross
%A Paul Bridgen
%A Traute Meyer
%J Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research
%@ 1996-7284
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1024258917746031
%X Since the turn of the century UK pension politics has been dominated by legislative and regulatory efforts to increase the state¡¯s redistributive role in the pension system. Such developments are unexpected by the theoretical literature on welfare states. This predicts regulatory disputes in multi-pillar pension systems, but does not expect egalitarian reforms in liberal systems like the UK where organised labour is weak. We explain these reforms as a product of a temporary cross-class alliance, facilitated by a cohesive pension policy network, and formalised by an independent Pensions Commission. The consensus was possible because the public/private nature of the UK pension system politicised the non-state sphere, shaping the preferences of pension policy actors, and leading business to reach a compromise agreement with unions
%K Regulation
%K redistribution
%K pension politics
%K UK
%K public/private mix
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1024258917746031