The new politics of old age policy / edited by Robert B. Hudson.

Other author Hudson, Robert B., 1944-
Format Book
EditionThird edition.
PublicationBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxiv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Contemporary challenges to aging policy / Robert B. Hudson -- The implications of structural lag for old age policy / Janet M. Wilmoth -- Fiscal effects of population aging in the United States / John Gist -- The great divide: elite and mass opinion about social security / Fay Lomax Cook and Rachel L. Moskowitz -- The shifting political construction of older Americans as a target population / Robert B. Hudson and Judith G. Gonyea -- Working, retiring, and the new old age / Sara E. Rix -- Diversity and the economic security of older Americans / Stipica Mudrazija and Jacqueline L. Angel -- The policy challenges of a larger and more diverse oldest-old population / Judith G. Gonyea -- Social security, the great recession, and the entitlements problem / Andrea Louise Campbell -- The medicare challenge: clients, cost controls, and congress / Kimberly J. Morgan -- Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 84? Long-term care challenges for an aging America / Robert Applebaum and Anthony Bardo -- Means-testing of entitlements: good policy? Good politics? / Christopher Howard -- Ageism's many forms: institutional, unintended, and reverse / Tay K. McNamara and John B. Williamson -- Conclusion. The futures of old age politics and policy / Robert B. Hudson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013048849
ISBN9781421414874
ISBN1421414872

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