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Age discrimination
— an historical and contemporary analysis | | Author(s) | John Macnicol |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006 |
| Pages | 308 pp |
| Source | Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU. www.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Histories. |
| Annotation | Against a background of concerns about shortening working lives and ageing populations in the future, age discrimination is a topical issue in all industrialised countries. The author uses detailed research and an interdisciplinary approach to trace the history of the age discrimination debate in the UK and the US since the 1930s. This book is arranged in four parts. Part 1, Ageism and age discrimination, introduces the debate and the concept of the 'just' allocation of resources (justice between generations). Although the focus of Part 2, The current revival of interest in Britain, is on New Labour and age discrimination, it also traces the development of related legislation and policy since the 1960s. Part 3, Retirement, health status and work disability, traces history of the debate since the late 19th century, and whether working capacity has improved sufficiently to justify calls to delay retirement and extend working lives. Part 4 is a detailed examination of the origins (since the 1920s) of America's 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070207002 B |
| Classmark | B:TOB: 6A |
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