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Gender, the state, and constructing the old as dependent: lessons from the economic transition in Poland
Author(s)	Toni M Calasanti, Anna M Zajicek
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 37, no 4, August 1997
Pages	pp 452-461
Keywords	Social welfare ; Social policy ; Social economics ; Older men ; Older women ; Sexual equality ; Poland.
Annotation	To critically examine the notion of older people as a "burden" to society, this study used a political economic and gender-sensitive approach to explore the impact of the economic transition in Poland on retirement. Poland is an especially useful case for analysing ways that divergent political economies shape the ageing experiences of men and women, as differences between the two systems cannot be attributed to political variations. Overall, the study found that old age dependence in Poland is not inevitable; it is not created in a uniform manner for men and women, and it is not passively accepted by older people. In addition, the study found that older men and women have been, and are, critical to the viability of both economic systems, albeit in different ways. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-980605403 A
Classmark	TY: TM2: W4: BC: BD: TM8: 7AE
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