The latest UK and Norwegian state pension reforms have reflected contrasting policy design in the balance of private pensions, savings and state provision. Nevertheless, we argue that both governments have in many ways adopted strikingly similar approaches in seeking public acceptance of these potentially controversial reforms, employing a similar repertoire of discursive elements to persuade populations about their logic and rationality. Based on critical analysis of government policy papers, speeches and parliamentary debates, we find that both countries emphasise ‘sustainability’ and ‘fairness’ within an increasingly individualised context where both systems are characterized as facilitating individuals’ efforts to attain security in retirement through ‘choice’ or ‘flexibility’. Significantly, contrasting symbolic metaphors are adopted to situate these reforms, and their proponents, within the heritage and traditions of their different welfare systems, which we find is a key element in successfully implementing the reforms. We note the implications of this research for the analysis of European state pension reform.

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为养老金改革辩护：比较挪威和英国的政策话语

最新的英国和挪威国家养老金改革反映了私人养老金、储蓄和国家供给平衡方面的对比政策设计。尽管如此，我们认为，两国政府在寻求公众接受这些可能引起争议的改革时，在许多方面都采用了惊人相似的方法，采用了类似的话语元素来说服人们相信他们的逻辑和合理性。基于对政府政策文件、演讲和议会辩论的批判性分析，我们发现两国在日益个性化的背景下都强调“可持续性”和“公平性”，这两种制度的特点都是通过“选择”促进个人努力获得退休保障。 '或'灵活性'。显着地，我们采用对比鲜明的象征性比喻将这些改革及其支持者置于其不同福利制度的遗产和传统中，我们发现这是成功实施改革的关键因素。我们注意到这项研究对分析欧洲国家养老金改革的影响。