The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 : a political history /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wooten, James A., 1958-
Imprint:	Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, ©2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 415 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 11 California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 11.
Subject:	United States. -- Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Pension trusts -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History. Pension trusts -- United States -- History. Pension trusts Pension trusts -- Law and legislation United States Electronic books. History
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12314921

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ISBN:	9780520931398 0520931394 0520242734 9780520242739 1282357573 9781282357570
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: 9780520242739

Table of 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.

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