{"product_id":"privatizing-pensions-mitchell-a-orenstein-9780691136974","title":"Privatizing Pensions: The Transnational Campaign for Social Security Reform","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo what extent do international organizations, global policy networks, and transnational policy entrepreneurs influence domestic policy makers? Have we entered a new phase of globalization that, unbeknownst to most citizens, shapes policies that used to be the sole domain of domestic politics? \u003ci\u003ePrivatizing Pensions\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how international institutions--such as the World Bank, USAID, and other transnational policy actors--have played a seminal role in the development, diffusion, and implementation of new pension reforms that are transforming the postwar social contract in more than thirty countries worldwide, including the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mitchell Orenstein shows how transnational actors have driven change in a policy area once thought to be beyond reform in many countries, and how they have done so by deploying their unique resources and legitimacy to promote new ideas, recruit disciples worldwide, and provide a broad range of technical assistance to government reformers over the long term. He demonstrates that while domestic decision makers may retain veto power over these reforms--which replace traditional social security with individual pension savings accounts--transnational policy makers play the role of \"proposal actors,\" shaping the information, preferences, and resources of their domestic clients. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrivatizing Pensions\u003c\/i\u003e argues that even the most quintessentially domestic areas of policy have been thoroughly globalized, and that these international influences must be better understood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mitchell A. Orenstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691136971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691136974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009","brand":"Mitchell A. Orenstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075387158783,"sku":"9780691136974","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a06ed1f7-ab0c-420e-8a19-765c363846ab.jpg?v=1685459117","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/privatizing-pensions-mitchell-a-orenstein-9780691136974","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}