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Book Synopsis
Scholars, students, and policymakers will appreciate the volume's timely overview of the evolution of aging policy.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Preface
1. Contemporary Challenges to Aging Policy
2. The Implications of Structural Lag for Old Age Policy
3. Fiscal Effects of Population Aging in the United States
4. The Great Divide: Elite and Mass Opinion about Social Security
5. The Shifting Political Construction of Older Americans as aTarget Population
6. Working, Retiring, and the New Old Age
7. Diversity and the Economic Security of Older Americans
8. The Policy Challenges of a Larger and More Diverse: Oldest-Old Population
9. Social Security, the Great Recession, and the Entitlements Problem
10. The Medicare Challenge: Clients, Cost Controls, and Congress
11. Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, When I'm 84? Long-Term Care Challenges for an Aging America
12. Means-Testing of Entitlements: Good Policy? Good Politics?
13. Ageism's Many Forms: Institutional, Unintended, and Reverse
Conclusion. The Futures of Old Age Politics and Policy

The New Politics of Old Age Policy

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 17 November 2014
      ISBN-13 9781421414874
      978-1421414874
      ISBN-10 1421414872
      Also in:
      Geriatric medicine Medicolegal issues Public administration / Public policy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Scholars, students, and policymakers will appreciate the volume's timely overview of the evolution of aging policy.

      Table of Contents

      List of Contributors
      Preface
      1. Contemporary Challenges to Aging Policy
      2. The Implications of Structural Lag for Old Age Policy
      3. Fiscal Effects of Population Aging in the United States
      4. The Great Divide: Elite and Mass Opinion about Social Security
      5. The Shifting Political Construction of Older Americans as aTarget Population
      6. Working, Retiring, and the New Old Age
      7. Diversity and the Economic Security of Older Americans
      8. The Policy Challenges of a Larger and More Diverse: Oldest-Old Population
      9. Social Security, the Great Recession, and the Entitlements Problem
      10. The Medicare Challenge: Clients, Cost Controls, and Congress
      11. Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, When I'm 84? Long-Term Care Challenges for an Aging America
      12. Means-Testing of Entitlements: Good Policy? Good Politics?
      13. Ageism's Many Forms: Institutional, Unintended, and Reverse
      Conclusion. The Futures of Old Age Politics and Policy

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