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Class Division and Intergenerational Cleavage: A Comparative Analysis of Pension Politics in Europea
Class Division and Intergenerational Cleavage: A Comparative Analysis of Pension Politics in European Welfare States This book is a comparative political science study on pension politics in European welfare states. Its core contribution is to bridge the theoretical gap between class division and intergenerational cleavage through an interdisciplinary perspective. When analyzing the reform processes in Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, author Liu Ji innovatively introduces family variables as independent factors to explain how social alliances form distinct logics of political mobilization depending on the strength of intra‑family welfare transfers. The book deeply explores the game between political elites and the general public under the pressure of aging, arguing that when traditional class alliances collapse and emerging intergenerational forces have not yet taken dominance, technocrats are more likely to gain political space for radical reforms. Through rigorous standardization of quantitative indicators and qualitative case comparisons, the book reveals how welfare states complete institutional transformation through complex interactions between policy supply and social demand against the background of globalization and demographic crisis.
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