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| Aging, social inequality, and public policy | | Author(s) | Fred C Pampel |
| Publisher | Pine Forge Press, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1998 |
| Pages | 192 pp (Sociology for a new century) |
| Source | Sage Publications Ltd., 6 Bonhill Street, London EC2A 4PU. |
| Keywords | Pensions ; Ageism ; Poverty ; Socio-economic groups ; Ethnic groups ; Social structure ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The author offers a comparative, global perspective of inequalities in class, race and ethnicity, gender, and across age groups and generations. He examines images of old age and the responses of public policy. Whilst social security has been a main pillar of public policy in the US, there is great variation across other developed countries in how old-age support operates. However, advanced industrial countries all face an increase in their older populations, threatening the viability of old-age support systems; public pension systems and pension regimes are compared. Real or hypothetical case studies are given throughout, by way of illustrating the points being made. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980707203 B |
| Classmark | JJ: B:TOB: W6: T4: TK: TM: TM2 |
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