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The ideology of `age/race wars'
— deconstructing a social problem | | Author(s) | Meredith Minkler, Ann Robertson |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 11, part 1, March 1991 |
| Pages | pp 1-22 |
| Keywords | Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social economics ; Poverty ; Demography ; The Family ; Social policy ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The paper looks at the creation of an ideology based on generational equity and 'age and race' wars thinking, which blames the old for poverty and economic hardship in the young. Attempts to frame problem analysis and policy deliberations within such an ideological framework are seen to be based on spurious assumptions concerning the relative financial well-being of the old, the role of elderly entitlements as a cause of poverty in minority children, and growing resentment of programmes for the old among minorities and youth. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-910803002 A |
| Classmark | F: W4: W6: S8: SJ: TM2: 7T |
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