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Globalisation and older people
— effects of markets and migration | | Author(s) | Gail Wilson |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 22, part 5, September 2002 |
| Pages | pp 647-663 |
| Keywords | Economics ; Migration ; Assets [elderly] ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; International. |
| Annotation | The material aspects of globalisation, and the effects of the movements of trade, capital and people around the world on older men and women, are discussed. While some people have benefited - most notably where pensions and health care are well developed - the majority of poor older people have not. Free trade, economic restructuring, the globalisation of financing, and the surge in migration, have tended to produce harmful consequences for older people in most parts of the world. These developments have been overseen, and sometimes dictated, by inter-governmental organisations (IGOs), such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), while other IGOs with less power have been limited to anti-ageist exhortation. Globalisation transfers resources from the poor to the rich within and between countries, increasing social problems, while simultaneously diminishing countries' freedom and capacity to make social policy. Nonetheless, the effects of globalisation - particularly its financial dimensions - on a nation's capacity to make social policy can be exaggerated. Political will can combat international economic orthodoxy, but the evident cases are the exception rather than the rule. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021003007 A |
| Classmark | W: TN: JD: TOB: 72 |
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