The Fourth Pillar and the U.K.: Flexibility, Risk and the Deinstitutionalization of the Life Course

Patrick John Ring ()
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Patrick John Ring: Division of Risk, Associate, The Centre for Risk and Governance, Caledonian Business School, Glasgow Caledonian University, City Campus, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, U.K.

The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2005, vol. 30, issue 4, 638-655

Abstract: This paper critically examines the concept of flexibility within the context of demographic ageing and the fourth pillar approach. Using the U.K. as an example, it addresses some of the key strands of policy debate and highlights the importance of the concept of choice. By placing the discussion in the context of the theoretical debate surrounding risk and the deinstitutionalization of the life course, it suggests that policy solutions related to demographic ageing which address the concept of flexibility need to look beyond later years to address the whole of the life course. The Geneva Papers (2005) 30, 638–655. doi:10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510054

Date: 2005
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