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Author Estes, Carroll L.

Title Social policy & aging : a critical perspective / Carroll L. Estes and associates.

Publication Info. Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage Publications, [2001]
©2001

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.26 E79S    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-270) and index.
Contents Political economy of aging: a theoretical framework -- Critical perspectives on aging -- The medicalization and commodification of aging and the privatization and rationalization of old age policy -- The transformation of the nonprofit sector: systemic crisis and the political economy of aging services -- Crisis, the welfare state, and aging: ideology and agency in the social security privatization debate -- Sex and gender in the political economy of aging -- Inequality and aging: the creation of dependency -- The medical-industrial complex and the aging enterprise -- A political economy critique of "Productive Aging" -- The underdevelopment of community-based services in the U.S. long-term care system: a structural analysis -- The political economy of health work -- Concluding observations on social policy.
Subject Older people.
Aging -- United States.
Social stratification -- United States.
Older people.
Government Programs -- United States.
Added Title Social policy and aging
ISBN 0803973462 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0803973470 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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