Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-270) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This volume provides a comprehensive treatment of the political economy of aging by a scholar widely credited as the founder and key thinker of this field.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Social policy & aging.
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Social policy and aging
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Aging-- United States.
Older people-- Government policy-- United States.
Older people-- Medical care-- United States.
Older people-- United States.
Social stratification-- United States.
Aged-- United States.
Government Programs-- United States.
Health Services for the Aged-- United States.
Personnes âgées-- États-Unis.
Personnes âgées-- Politique gouvernementale-- États-Unis.
Personnes âgées-- Soins médicaux-- États-Unis.