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Politics and old age
— older citizens and political processes in Britain | | Author(s) | John A Vincent, Guy Patterson, Karen Wale |
| Publisher | Ashgate, Aldershot, 2001 |
| Pages | 178 pp |
| Source | Ashgate, Gower House, Croft Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 3HR. |
| Keywords | Practical politics ; Pressure groups ; Participation ; Public opinion ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | In the past, older people have been characterised by two mutually contradictory stereotypes. They are either a powerful lobby able to demand large redistributions of the nation's income in their direction; or they have been typified as a politically powerless, marginalised group at high risk of poverty and exclusion. This book presents and discusses the significance of findings of research conducted by the Older People and Politics Project (OPPOL) at the University of Exeter's Sociology Department. The Project had three main investigative concerns: the extent of effectiveness of pressure groups and lobbyists for older people; how older people's power and influence is perceived both by older people and the general public; and how politicians respond to older people and their needs. The book also includes chapters on citizenship and generation, public opinion, the extent of older voters' influence in the 1997 General Election, and the influence of the pensioners' movement on state pensions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011113201 B |
| Classmark | VL: PME: TMB: U5: 3F |
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