Beschreibung
Beschreibung: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
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-270) and index
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
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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ISBN:1452267022
9780803973473
9781452267029