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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 : a political history / James A. Wooten.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 11.Publication details: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 415 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520931398
  • 0520931394
  • 0520242734
  • 9780520242739
  • 1282357573
  • 9781282357570
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 344.7301252 23
LOC classification:
  • KF3512 .W67 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Policy-making for private pensions : the genesis and structure of a policy domain -- "The most glorious story of failure in the business" : the Studebaker-Packard corporation and the origins of ERISA -- "The 'bible' in this field" : the president's committee on corporate pension funds and the origins of ERISA -- "A new legislative era in this country" : pension reform from blueprint to bill -- "A major American institution, built upon human disappointment" : agenda-setting in the U.S. Senate -- A green light in the Senate -- A donnybrook in the House -- Enacting ERISA.
Summary: Wooten explains in detail how public officials overcame strong opposition from business & organised labour to pass landmark legislation regulating employer-sponsored retirement & health plans. He looks at how the case for reform was taken directly to voters by the mobilisation of the media & public opinion.
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Wooten explains in detail how public officials overcame strong opposition from business & organised labour to pass landmark legislation regulating employer-sponsored retirement & health plans. He looks at how the case for reform was taken directly to voters by the mobilisation of the media & public opinion.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Policy-making for private pensions : the genesis and structure of a policy domain -- "The most glorious story of failure in the business" : the Studebaker-Packard corporation and the origins of ERISA -- "The 'bible' in this field" : the president's committee on corporate pension funds and the origins of ERISA -- "A new legislative era in this country" : pension reform from blueprint to bill -- "A major American institution, built upon human disappointment" : agenda-setting in the U.S. Senate -- A green light in the Senate -- A donnybrook in the House -- Enacting ERISA.

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