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Två vägar till trygghet - En komparativ studie av Esping-Andersens idealtyper utifrån ATP i Sverige och Rentenreform i Västtyskland

Olsson, Elisa LU and Malmgren, Oscar LU (2025) STVK04 20251
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Europe in the 1950:s was in a time of considerable change and prosperity. World War II resulted in a stronger state and a divergence in how Europe chose to finance their pension systems. The purpose of the research is to understand how the features of Esping-Andersen's ideal types change with the ATP-reform Sweden and the pension reform in West Germany in the 1950s, and how do they differ? A mixture of comparative method and ideological analysis was used to perceive the development of the pension systems between countries. The theories developed by Esping-Andersen were used to create ideal types to evaluate the pension systems. The results show that the ATP-system in Sweden was a shift to a social democratic ideal type, while West Germany... (More)
Europe in the 1950:s was in a time of considerable change and prosperity. World War II resulted in a stronger state and a divergence in how Europe chose to finance their pension systems. The purpose of the research is to understand how the features of Esping-Andersen's ideal types change with the ATP-reform Sweden and the pension reform in West Germany in the 1950s, and how do they differ? A mixture of comparative method and ideological analysis was used to perceive the development of the pension systems between countries. The theories developed by Esping-Andersen were used to create ideal types to evaluate the pension systems. The results show that the ATP-system in Sweden was a shift to a social democratic ideal type, while West Germany sought a compromise that resulted in a conservative ideal type. The pension systems between countries were different even though Sweden had a more drastic shift in ideal type than West Germany. In conclusion, the divergence between countries can be explained by the dominant political parties in each country. Sweden's Social Democrats enabled a more radical break from the previous system, while in West Germany, the compromise between parties was necessary to implement the reform. (Less)
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author
Olsson, Elisa LU and Malmgren, Oscar LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK04 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Sverige, Västtyskland, Pensionssystem, ATP, Rentenreform, Idealtyper, Esping-Andersen
language
Swedish
id
9189554
date added to LUP
2025-08-08 11:08:56
date last changed
2025-08-08 11:08:56
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  abstract     = {{Europe in the 1950:s was in a time of considerable change and prosperity. World War II resulted in a stronger state and a divergence in how Europe chose to finance their pension systems. The purpose of the research is to understand how the features of Esping-Andersen's ideal types change with the ATP-reform Sweden and the pension reform in West Germany in the 1950s, and how do they differ? A mixture of comparative method and ideological analysis was used to perceive the development of the pension systems between countries. The theories developed by Esping-Andersen were used to create ideal types to evaluate the pension systems. The results show that the ATP-system in Sweden was a shift to a social democratic ideal type, while West Germany sought a compromise that resulted in a conservative ideal type. The pension systems between countries were different even though Sweden had a more drastic shift in ideal type than West Germany. In conclusion, the divergence between countries can be explained by the dominant political parties in each country. Sweden's Social Democrats enabled a more radical break from the previous system, while in West Germany, the compromise between parties was necessary to implement the reform.}},
  author       = {{Olsson, Elisa and Malmgren, Oscar}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Två vägar till trygghet - En komparativ studie av Esping-Andersens idealtyper utifrån ATP i Sverige och Rentenreform i Västtyskland}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}