Title: The new politics of old age policy /
Authors: Hudson, Robert B., 1944-; Hudson, Robert B., 1944-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Older people Government policy United States.; Older people Services for United States.; Old age pensions United States.; Medicaid.; Social security United States; Old age United States.; Medicaid.; Old age; Old age pensions; Older people Government policy; Older people Services for; Social security; Public Policy; Aged; Medicaid; Pensions; Social Security; United States; United States
Abstract: "As the average age of the U.S. population continues to increase, age-related policies have come under intense scrutiny, sparking heated debates. In the past, older people were seen as a frail, dependent population, but major policies enacted or expanded on their behalf have made them major players in electoral and interest-group politics. This thoroughly revised an updated edition of Robert B. Hudson's The New Politics of Old Age Policy not only explains the politics behind the country's age-based programs and describes how those programs work but also assesses how well--or poorly--they meet the growing and changing needs of older Americans."--Page 4 of cover.
Contents: Contemporary challenges to aging policy / Robert B. Hudson -- The implications of structural lag for old age policy / Janet M. Wilmoth -- Fiscal effects of population aging in the United States / John Gist -- The great divide: elite and mass opinion about social security / Fay Lomax Cook and Rachel L. Moskowitz -- The shifting political construction of older Americans as a target population / Robert B. Hudson and Judith G. Gonyea -- Working, retiring, and the new old age / Sara E. Rix -- Diversity and the economic security of older Americans / Stipica Mudrazija and Jacqueline L. Angel -- The policy challenges of a larger and more diverse oldest-old population / Judith G. Gonyea -- Social security, the great recession, and the entitlements problem / Andrea Louise Campbell -- The medicare challenge: clients, cost controls, and congress / Kimberly J. Morgan -- Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 84? Long-term care challenges for an aging America / Robert Applebaum and Anthony Bardo -- Means-testing of entitlements: good policy? Good politics? / Christopher Howard -- Ageism's many forms: institutional, unintended, and reverse / Tay K. McNamara and John B. Williamson -- Conclusion. The futures of old age politics and policy / Robert B. Hudson.