New Aging Politics and Change in America

Name: New Aging Politics and Change in America
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ISBN: 9780865690356

ISBN-10: 0865690359

ISBN-13: 9780865690356

Edition: 1992

Authors: Fernando Torres Gil

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This most timely, authoritative, and insightful book provides a new framework for understanding the circumstances currently surrounding America's elderly. It establishes the important foundation of three key forces which are changing the national perspective on the aging. They are: generational claims on the government to respond to social needs; diversity in aging populations; and increasing longevity. Torres-Gil provides a context, supported by informative background material, for recognizing the significant demographic changes being experienced in the United States. The work considers the policy issues, decisions, controversies, and choices now associated with aging and demonstrates how…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 11/30/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Introduction


The Three Forces of an Aging Society America at the Crossroads


The Politics of the New Aging Economics of the New Aging


The Aging of the Baby Boomers Programs, Benefits and Services: Preparing for the New Aging America in the Twenty-First Century


Bibliography


Glossary


Index