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A Comparison of the Reagan and Thatcher Administrations' Efforts to Reform Social Security in the United States and the United Kingdom

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  • A S Clark

    (Department of Political Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA)

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A comparison is made between the records of the Reagan and Thatcher administrations in their efforts to reform, respectively, the social security program in the United States and the retirement pension program in the United Kingdom. It is found that the Reagan administration was much less successful in attaining its reform agenda than was the Thatcher government. The discrepancies in the records of the two administrations were traced to four central factors: (1) the reform strategy of the two governments; (2) the strength of the elderly lobby in the two countries; (3) the legacy of past policy; (4) institutional structure.

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  • A S Clark, 1995. "A Comparison of the Reagan and Thatcher Administrations' Efforts to Reform Social Security in the United States and the United Kingdom," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 13(3), pages 335-350, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:13:y:1995:i:3:p:335-350
    DOI: 10.1068/c130335
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    1. Brady, David W., 1985. "A Reevaluation of Realignments in American Politics: Evidence from the House of Representatives," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 79(1), pages 28-49, March.
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