Old age and the welfare state
By: editor, Anne-Marie Guillemard.
Contributors: Guillemard, Anne Marie.
Series: Sage studies in international sociology ;; 28
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1983
Place of publication: London; Beverly Hills, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Old age -- Congresses; Older people -- Government policy -- Congresses; Welfare state -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Comparative public policies for the elderly / John Myles; title: Abeyance processes, social policy, and aging / Ephraim H. Mizruchi; title: Societal aging and intergenerational support systems / Eugene A. Friedmann and Donald J. Adamchak; title: The making of old age policy in France / Anne-Marie Guillemard; title: The struggles of French miners for the creation of retirement funds in the 19th century / Rolande Trempé; title: Old age as a risk / François Ewald; title: The state, the economy, and retirement / Chris Phillipson; title: Social policy and elderly people in Great Britain / Alan Walker; title: Austerity and aging in the United States / Carroll L. Estes; title: Old people, public expenditure, and the system of social services / Danilo Giori; title: Origins and trends of social policy for the aged in the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin / Hilde von Balluseck; title: The distribution of benefits and services between the retired and the very elderly / Nick Bosanquet.