Readings in the political economy of aging. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Meredith Minkler and Carroll L. Estes.
• Editors: Minkler, Meredith; Estes, Carroll L
• Contents: Preface Introduction: Challenge to a New Age Maggie Kuhn Chapter 1. Introduction Meredith Minkler PART I. INTRODUCTION TO THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AGING; Chapter 2. Dominant and Competing Paradigms in Gerontology: Towards a Political Economy of Aging Carroll L. Estes, James H. Swan and Lenore E. Gerard Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Governments Cuts for the Elderly Vicente Navarro Chapter 4. Social Control of the Elderly Linda Evans and John B. Williamson PART II. INSTITUTIONS AND STRUCTURED DEPENDENCY: SOCIAL CONTROL AND MARKET ECONOMY HEALTH CARE; Chapter 5. Community Care and the Elderly in Great Britain: Theory and Practice Alan Walker Chapter 6. Mental Illness and the Aged Stranger James J. Dowd Chapter 7. Medicare and Medicaid: The Process, Value and Limits of Health Care Reforms E. Richard Brown Chapter 8. Public Policy and the Nursing Home Industry Charlene Harrington PART III. INSTITUTIONS AND STRUCTURED DEPENDENCY: INCOME, LABOR AND CONTROL OF CAPITAL; Chapter 9. Reframing the Agenda of Policies on Aging Robert H. Binstock Chapter 10. Conflict, Crisis and the Future of Old Age Security John F. Myles Chapter 11. Retirement and the Origins of Age Discrimination William Graebner PART IV. AGING AS A WOMEN'S ISSUE; Chapter 12. Why Is Women's Lib Ignoring Old Women? Myrna I. Lewis and Robert N. Butler Chapter 13. Women and the Economics of Aging Carroll L. Estes, Lenore E. Gerard and Adele Clarke Chapter 14. The Sociopolitical Context of Women's Retirement Robyn Stone and Meredith Minkler PART V. FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL POLICY FOR THE ELDERLY; Chapter 15. Austerity and Aging: 1980 and Beyond Carroll L. Estes Chapter 16. Blaming the Aged Victim: The Politics of Retrenchmentin Times of Fiscal Conservatism Meredith Minkler Epilogue Contributors
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.260973; Older people -- United States -- Economic conditions; Older people -- Government policy -- United States; Age discrimination -- United States; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; Age discrimination; Older people -- Economic conditions; Older people -- Government policy; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351842105; 1351842102; 9781315223841; 1315223848
• Related ISBNs: 9780415785594; 0415785596
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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