TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anna Caroline Warfelmann
PY  - 2015
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653054453
TI  - The Politics of Parliamentary Pensions in Western Democracies
T2  - Understanding MPs’ Self-Imposed Cutbacks
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-05445-3
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1049319
N2  - The author takes a close look at the politics of parliamentary pensions in Australia, Austria, Canada, and Germany and enlightens the reasons of self-imposed cuts by Members of Parliament. Members of Parliament in western democracies have been under growing pressure since they legislated first retrenchments of national social security systems. They are in a special situation because they have to decide about their own financial situation as well. Thus, it is surprising that they cut their own pension benefits in recent years. The book shows that the self-imposed cuts by Members of Parliament were related to public pension reforms but, in general, were less substantial.
KW  - MPs' Pensions, Parliament, Politics, MPs' Allowances
LA  - English
ER  -