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Author:   Robert B. Hudson (Professor and Chair, Boston University School of Social Work)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   third edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781421414874

ISBN 10:   1421414872
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   17 November 2014
Recommended Age:   From 13
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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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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""The volume will be a useful introduction to the contemporary policy."" -- Thomas R. Klassen, Canadian Journal on Aging ""This is an excellent book for those who specialise in American social policy."" -- John A. Vincent, Ageing and Society ""The volume will be a useful introduction to the contemporary policy."" -- Thomas R. Klassen, Canadian Journal on Aging

The volume will be a useful introduction to the contemporary policy. -- Thomas R. Klassen, Canadian Journal on Aging This is an excellent book for those who specialise in American social policy. -- John A. Vincent, Ageing and Society The volume will be a useful introduction to the contemporary policy. -- Thomas R. Klassen, Canadian Journal on Aging

The volume will be a useful introduction to the contemporary policy. -- Thomas R. Klassen, Canadian Journal on Aging

This is an excellent book for those who specialise in American social policy. -- John A. Vincent, Ageing and Society The volume will be a useful introduction to the contemporary policy. -- Thomas R. Klassen, Canadian Journal on Aging The volume will be a useful introduction to the contemporary policy. -- Thomas R. Klassen, Canadian Journal on Aging

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Robert B. Hudson is a professor of social policy at Boston University and the editor of The Future of Age-Based Public Policy, also published by Johns Hopkins.

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