Old Age And The Welfare State
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Aging And The Welfare State Crisis
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Author : Anne Marie Guillemard
language : en
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Release Date : 2000
Aging And The Welfare State Crisis written by Anne Marie Guillemard and has been published by University of Delaware Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.
"This book brings an innovative conceptual framework of analysis that can be transferred to other areas of social politics or public policies at large."--BOOK JACKET.
Old Age And The Welfare State
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Author : Anne Marie Guillemard
language : en
Publisher: London ; Beverly Hills, Calif. : Sage Publications
Release Date : 1983
Old Age And The Welfare State written by Anne Marie Guillemard and has been published by London ; Beverly Hills, Calif. : Sage Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Aged categories.
The modern welfare state is above all a welfare state for the elderly. An overwhelming proportion of its services and benefits go to them. The current crisis of the welfare state is also, therefore, a crisis of policy concerned with the aged. The essays in this volume examine not only interventions by governments on behalf of the old, but the very basis and history of the welfare state itself. From a variety of perspectives ranging from structural functionalism to neomarxism, they examine old age policy in six advanced industrial nations -- the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Italy, West Germany, and France. The essays in Part One deal with the process of making public policy on old age and changes in it during the current economic crisis. Contributions in the second part examine the impact of existing policies on older people. The focus of the essays on social, economic, and political aspects amounts to a new approach in gerontology that has been called by some the political economy of ageing. This book is unique in providing research on the relationship between old age policy and the larger class structure, economy, and state apparatus of more than one country. It will become a classic in the field, and an example of how sociology can be relevant to deal with our current social and economic crisis.' -- "Manuel Castells, University of California at Berkeley"
Age In The Welfare State
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Author : Julia Lynch
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-06-05
Age In The Welfare State written by Julia Lynch and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-05 with Political Science categories.
This book asks why some countries devote the lion's share of their social policy resources to the elderly, while others have a more balanced repertoire of social spending. Far from being the outcome of demands for welfare spending by powerful age-based groups in society, the 'age' of welfare is an unintended consequence of the way that social programs are set up. The way that politicians use welfare state spending to compete for votes, along either programmatic or particularistic lines, locks these early institutional choices into place. So while society is changing - aging, divorcing, moving in and out of the labor force over the life course in new ways - social policies do not evolve to catch up. The result, in occupational welfare states like Italy, the United States, and Japan, is social spending that favors the elderly and leaves working-aged adults and children largely to fend for themselves.
Old Age In The Welfare State
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Author : John Myles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Old Age In The Welfare State written by John Myles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Business & Economics categories.
Eldercare Distributive Justice And The Welfare State
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Author : Derek G. Gill
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1994-02-03
Eldercare Distributive Justice And The Welfare State written by Derek G. Gill and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-02-03 with Social Science categories.
The essays in this book describe the situation of the elderly today, taking into account the major political, economic, and social variations of service provided in a variety of countries. Although the welfare state exists in all developed and developing countries, its content and administration varies substantially. The editors first develop a framework of concepts and perspectives that establish links between eldercare, distributive justice, and the welfare state. This is followed by analyses of the services provided to the elderly in selected countries. Finally, the editors show how and in what ways the concepts developed earlier in the introductionequity, uniformity, public accountability, individualism, collectivism, institutional or residual welfare state orientation, high or low wage economyapply to and explain the differences in care of the elderly.
Family And The Welfare State In Europe
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Author : Agnes Blome
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Family And The Welfare State In Europe written by Agnes Blome and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Psychology categories.
The book offers a genuine and innovative research direction that explores the black box of intergenerational relations and in particular how institutions mediate families ability to offer financial resources as well as provide care services to their members. Antonis Roumpakis, Journal of Social Policy . . . the book is an impressive effort, from which both students and academics will benefit, as this reader indeed has. Svein Olav Daatland, Ageing and Society Most European countries are experiencing a dramatic demographic shift. A combination of falling birthrates and rising life expectancy leads to a significant aging of societies. The authors analyze how the state and the family shape generational living conditions in Germany, France, Italy and Sweden and how age-specific attitudes toward welfare policy are affected. One finding is that there is little evidence of conflict between the generations. The book is a very important contribution to a better understanding of the character of new challenges for European welfare states. Stein Kuhnle, The University of Bergen, Norway and the Hertie School of Governance, Germany This insightful book explores the role of both the family and the state in shaping the living conditions of the young and old in Europe. It provides a comparative theoretical and empirical analysis of age-related policies and welfare arrangements in Germany, France, Italy and Sweden. By combining institutional data on changes in public policies with longitudinal micro-data on living arrangements and informal support patterns in families, the authors are able to demonstrate the huge diversity in the organization of intergenerational relations and the changes that have occurred since the early 1990s. Age-specific differences in attitudes towards current social policy issues are also explored. The key finding is that intergenerational bonds of solidarity remain robust, meaning predictions of a potential conflict between the generations are vastly exaggerated. Providing up-to-date information on the perception of public policies and generational conflicts in different welfare states, this book is a must read for researchers in the field of comparative social policy and intergenerational relations. It will also benefit academics in sociology and political science, as well as policy-makers and consultants.
The Welfare State East And West
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Author : Richard Rose
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1986-12-18
The Welfare State East And West written by Richard Rose and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-12-18 with Business & Economics categories.
A unique, comparative examination of the different ways in which modern democratic societies provide welfare today, these essays focus on the welfare strategies and experiences of the U.S., Japan, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, and Israel. While the objectives of welfare are common to each society, each has its own ideas about the best way for the state, the market, and the household to contribute to the welfare mix. With the economies of many countries under pressure, the question of the proper balance between domestic welfare spending and defense spending is often at the center of the debate. The essays on Japan provide new and useful insights into how a state--not normally considered a "welfare state"--manages to provide a wide array of successful welfare services.
Capitalism And The Construction Of Old Age
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Author : Chris Phillipson
language : en
Publisher: London : Macmillan
Release Date : 1982
Capitalism And The Construction Of Old Age written by Chris Phillipson and has been published by London : Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Business & Economics categories.
"The present recession is hitting particularly hard at elderly people, especially as it coincides with increasing numbers in the 60+ age group in many industrial capitalist countries. The broad dimensions of demographic change are well understood and are not centrally considered in this book, which aims, rather, to develop a critical account of the position of elderly people in society, the emergence of retirement as part of the human life cycle, and the social - rather than the psychological or biological - problems of aging in a society characterised by major inequalities in the distribution of power, income and property." -- from inside cover.
The Aging Population And The Size Of The Welfare State
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Author : Assaf Razin
language : en
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Release Date : 2001
The Aging Population And The Size Of The Welfare State written by Assaf Razin and has been published by International Monetary Fund this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Aging categories.
Data for the United States and countries in Western Europe indicate a negative correlation between the dependency ratio and labor tax rates and the generosity of social transfers, after controlling for other factors that influence the size of the welfare state. This is despite the increased political clout of the dependent population implied by the aging of the population. This paper develops an overlapping generations model of intra-and inter-generational transfers (including old-age social security) and human capital formation which addresses this seeming puzzle. We show that with democratic voting, an increase in the dependency ratio can lead to lower taxes or less generous social transfers.
The Transformation Of Old Age Security
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Author : Jill Quadagno
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1988-02-18
The Transformation Of Old Age Security written by Jill Quadagno and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-02-18 with Business & Economics categories.
Why did the United States lag behind Germany, Britain, and Sweden in adopting a national plan for the elderly? When the Social Security Act was finally enacted in 1935, why did it depend on a class-based double standard? Why is old age welfare in the United States still less comprehensive than its European counterparts? In this sophisticated analytical chronicle of one hundred years of American welfare history, Jill Quadagno explores the curious birth of old age assistance in the United States. Grounded in historical research and informed by social science theory, the study reveals how public assistance grew from colonial-era poor laws, locally financed and administered, into a massive federal bureaucracy.