05323nam 2200769 a 450 991079172670332120161219111758.01-4833-2830-91-4522-5092-8(CKB)2560000000089882(EBL)997109(OCoLC)809773985(SSID)ssj0000704398(PQKBManifestationID)12267951(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704398(PQKBWorkID)10719006(PQKB)11759658(MiAaPQ)EBC997109(OCoLC)1007858857(StDuBDS)EDZ0000159144(EXLCZ)99256000000008988220130912d1998 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrAging, social inequality, and public policy[electronic resource] /Fred C. PampelThousand Oaks Pine Forgec19981 online resource (xiv, 176 p.) illSociology for a new centurySociology for a new centuryDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-41851-9 0-8039-9095-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-166) and index.Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Images of Old Age; Improvements in the Status of the Elderly; Remaining Problems for the Elderly; Changing Stereotypes; Inequality in Old Age; Problems of Public Funding; Problems of Health Care; A Combined View of Old Age; Conclusion; Chapter 2 - Public Policy in Old Age; Government Social Protection; The Logic of Social Protection; A Brief History; A Welfare State for the Elderly; The Meaning of Social Security; Support for the Elderly in the United States; Support for Other Age Groups; Support for Public ProgramsSocial Insurance and Means TestingA European Perspective; Sources of Inequality; The Politics of Inequality; Conclusion; Chapter 3 - Class Differences before and during Old Age; Stability and Change in Inequality from Middle Age to Old Age; Sources of Declining Inequality in Old Age; Sources of Increasing Inequality in Old Age; Studying Changes over the Life Course; Changes in Work and Retirement; Changes in Health, Disability, and Mortality; Changes in Poverty and Income; Conclusion; Chapter 4 - Race, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Old Age; Combining Negative StatusesLeveling of Race and Ethnic DifferencesDouble Jeopardy in Old Age; Leveling and Double Jeopardy in Race and Ethnic Differences; Retirement; Health; Poverty and Income; Gender and Age; Familism; Economic Sources of Familism; Cultural Sources of Familism; Conclusion; Chapter 5 - Old Age Support in Comparative Perspective; Comparing Public Pension Systems; National Levels of Spending; Public Pension Rights; Public Pension Programs and Inequality; Pension Regimes; Aging and Pension Support in Japan; Sources of National Divergence; Class Interests; Classes in the United StatesRole of the Middle ClassState Structure; A Feminist Critique; Conclusion; Chapter 6 - Inequality across Age Groups and Generations; Consequences of Population Aging; The Nature and Sources of Generational Inequity; A Reversal of Generational Support; The Need for Policy Changes; Opposition to Claims of Generational Inequity; Exaggerations of Generational Inequity; Real Sources of Concern; The Historical Context of Debates over Generational Inequity; The National Context of Debatesover Generational Inequity; Spending for Children and the ElderlySources of Relative Spending on Children and the ElderlyConclusion; Epilogue; References; Index Fred C. Pampel describes how age combines with other components of inequality by comparing the influence of group membership on social inequality before and after the life course transition to old age. He looks at the differences in public policy and how age inequality -- more than the other sources of inequality -- relates closely to government policies and studies other societies in which both age group differences and overall inequality differ from those in the United States. Pampel makes a comparison of the United States with other nations a central component of the book, providing greaSociology for a New Century SeriesOlder peopleSocial conditionsOlder peopleUnited StatesSocial conditionsOlder peopleGovernment policyOlder peopleGovernment policyUnited StatesOld age assistanceOld age assistanceUnited StatesEqualityEqualityUnited StatesOlder peopleSocial conditions.Older peopleSocial conditions.Older peopleGovernment policy.Older peopleGovernment policyOld age assistance.Old age assistanceEquality.Equality305.26Pampel Fred C140542StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910791726703321Aging, social inequality, and public policy3768109UNINA