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| Globalisation and support in old age | | Author(s) | Gail Wilson |
| Journal title | Education and Ageing, vol 16, no 2, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 121-134 |
| Keywords | Economics ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Informal care ; Social welfare ; Services. |
| Annotation | A framework is suggested for analysing the way that globalisation (free market capitalism) affects older people. The argument is that globalisation endangers those collective social transfers - paid and unpaid work, family support, and formal support - which are essential to older people in later life. Family support is considered in a cross-cultural context, and so is a broader concept than is usual in the UK. Formal collectivities are defined to include all late life-oriented organised welfare, including pensions and health and social care, whether state, non-profit or commercial. Each of these collectivities is discussed in relation to support in later life. The effect of economic globalisation on each is outlined, but the main emphasis is on analysing threatened support systems. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011127201 A |
| Classmark | W: TOB: P6: TY: I |
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