Politics of Pensions: A Comparative Analysis of Britain, Canada, and the United States, 1880-1940By offering a comparative, institutional analysis of how state supported pensions for the elderly developed in Britain, Canada, and the United States, Ann Shola Orloff makes a profound contribution to understanding the growth of modern social welfare policies. It is not enough, Orloff demonstrates, to simply examine socioeconomic factors in the growth of the welfare state. She argues that welfare policies are shaped as well by the political