Abstract:

This paper discusses the interest games in the process of pension reform and the trend of pension privatization by employing the neopluralism theory. The research on Latin America and CentralEastern Europe demonstrates that the pension reforms in those areas benefit from their special political systems， support from exogenous actors and the powerful drive from the government， and that the reduced resistance against pension reforms can be attributed to lacking of veto points and weak social organizations. In contrast， the analysis of the situations in the U.S.A， UK， and EU reveals the tremendous difficulty in pension privatization due to diversified interests， multilevel veto points， and powerful trade unions.

Key words: actor, veto point, pension privatization, sociology