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- Title
Democratic contestation, organised labour, and pension reform in Ghana and Malawi.
- Authors
Morse, Yonatan L.
- Abstract
What explains variation in African states' commitment to pensions? This article argues that differences in the structure of contestation and legacies of state‐labour relations matter. When competition is confined to fewer and more stable parties, social welfare appeals gain currency to mobilise swing voters and makes it more likely that pensions will become a subject of political competition. However, legacies of labour accommodation can strengthen certain elements of pension reform, but also reinforce certain policy mindsets such as contributory insurance. These ideas are developed with case studies of Ghana and Malawi. The cases utilise process‐tracing evidence to demonstrate how specific structures of contestation and labour legacies led to divergent pathways of pension reform. The article highlights the significant challenges involved in strengthening pensions in Africa, and therefore the limited potential for a reconstitution of state‐citizen relations based on pension access.
- Subjects
GHANA; MALAWI; PENSION reform; LABOR unions; PUBLIC welfare; PUBLIC relations; SOCIAL policy
- Publication
Social Policy & Administration, 2023, Vol 57, Issue 6, p855
- ISSN
0144-5596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/spol.12969