The Political Economy of Aging. the State, Private Power, and Social Welfare / / Laura Katz Olson.
Looks at the aging of society from income maintenance, pension power, housing and human services. Uncovers the structural causes of problems in old age policies and programs and explores the reasons why a large percentage of the elderly suffer from inadequate retirement income, housing, medical care...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1982] ©1982 |
| Year of Publication: | 1982 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. The Aging Population Today and Tomorrow
- Chapter 2. A Brief History of the Economic Problems of Aging
- Chapter 3. Income Maintenance and the Pension Games: Winners and Losers Under Capitalism
- Chapter 4. Investment Capital and Pension Power
- Chapter 5. The Graying of the Medical- Industrial Complex
- Chapter 6. The Housing Crisis: Private Power and Public Resources
- Chapter 7. Human Services
- Chapter 8. Epilogue: Perspectives on Reform
- Notes
- Index