The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 a political history

Wooten, James A. 1958- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780520931398 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0520931394 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0520242734 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780520242739 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xv, 415 p.).
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-user. Terms of use - Multi-User. CatMonthString:jun.14 CatMonthString:february.14
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.