The New Politics of Old Age Policy - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801880742 ISBN 13: 9780801880742

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

Synopsis

As the aging population of the United States continues to increase, age-related policies have come under intense scrutiny and have sparked heated debates. Demographic, economic, and political trends have transformed the understanding of older people's role in America's public policy. The New Politics of Old Age Policy offers a variety of perspectives on these policy issues -- particularly the relative merits of using chronological age to determine eligibility for government programs.

The chapters address theoretical approaches to age-based policy; population dynamics and how growing diversity within the older population may affect these policies; issues surrounding major age-based programs such as Social Security and Medicare; and the national, state, and local political issues associated with these policies.

Contributors: Robert Applebaum, Ph.D., Miami University; Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University; Alan Burnett, M.A., Area Agency on Aging, Ohio; Chenoa A. Flippen, Ph.D., Duke University; Judith G. Gonyea, Ph.D., Boston University School of Social Work; Colleen M. Grogan, Ph.D., University of Chicago; Madonna Harrington Meyer, Ph.D., Syracuse University; Pamela Herd, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin; Martha B. Holstein, Ph.D., consultant, Chicago; Eric R. Kingson, Ph.D., Syracuse University; Marc Molea, M.H.A., Ohio Department of Aging; Marilyn Moon, Ph.D., American Institutes for Research; John Myles, Ph.D., University of Toronto; Christy M. Nishita, University of Southern California; Angela M. O'Rand, Ph.D., Duke University; Jon Pynoos, Ph.D., University of Southern California; Sarah Poff Roman, M.G.S., Miami University; Steven M. Teles, Ph.D., Brandeis University.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert B. Hudson is professor and chair of the Department of Social Welfare Policy, Boston University School of Social Work. He is editor of The Future of Age-Based Public Policy, also available from Johns Hopkins.

Review:

"This is an excellent book for those who specialise in American social policy." -- John A. Vincent, Ageing and Society

"The volume will be a useful introduction to the contemporary policy." -- Thomas R. Klassen, Canadian Journal on Aging

About this edition

• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0801880742
• ISBN 13: 9780801880742
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Hudson PhD Dr. Robert B.