One nation under AARP
Subtitle: the fight over medicare, social security, and America's future
By: Frederick R. Lynch
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780520256538; 9780520268289
Subjects: American Association of Retired Persons; Baby boom generation; Senior power; Political activity; Older people
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: not going quietly; title: Boomer basics: generation, culture, demographics; title: Old age in a new society; title: Boomers' senior power potential: from social protest to self-preservation; title: Crash landing for a self-critical generation; title: Not your father's AARP : Bill Novelli builds a new boomer brand; title: AARP turns fifty: the battle for health care reform; title: You can't always get what you want: me, we, or AARP?