The new politics of old age policy /

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Other Authors: Hudson, Robert B., 1944-
Language:English
Edition:Second edition.
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Physical Description:xiii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Published: Baltimore [Md.] : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
ISBN:9780801894916 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801894913 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801894923 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801894921 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Table of Contents:
  • Contemporary challenges to aging policy / Robert B. Hudson
  • Shifting risk and responsibility : the state and inequality in old age / Madonna Harrington Meyer
  • Aging policy and structural lag / Janet M. Wilmoth
  • What justice requires : normative foundations for U.S. pension reform / John Myles
  • Political power and the baby boomers / Frederick R. Lynch
  • Theoretical approaches to the development of aging policy in the United States / Robert B. Hudson
  • On time and ties : why the life course matters for old age policies / Richard A. Settersten, Jr., and Molly E. Trauten
  • Public policies and older populations of color / Jeffrey A. Burr, Jan E. Mutchler, and Kerstin Gerst
  • The oldest old and a long-lived society : challenges for public policy / Judith G. Gonyea
  • Caregiving and the construction of political claims for long-term care policy reform / Sandra R. Levitsky
  • Social security : political resilience in the face of conservative strides / Andrea Louise Campbell and Ryan King
  • Medicare : deservingness encounters cost containment / Kimberly J. Morgan
  • The politics of aging within Medicaid / Colleen M. Grogan and Christina M. Andrews
  • The Older Americans Act and the aging services network / Robert B. Hudson
  • New challenges and growing trends in senior housing / Jon Pynoos, Caroline Cicero, and Christy M. Nashita
  • Taxation and the elderly / Christopher Howard
  • Age discrimination in employment / Laurie A. McCann and Cathy Ventrell-Monsees.