LEADER 05323nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910791726703321 005 20161219111758.0 010 $a1-4833-2830-9 010 $a1-4522-5092-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000089882 035 $a(EBL)997109 035 $a(OCoLC)809773985 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000704398 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12267951 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704398 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10719006 035 $a(PQKB)11759658 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC997109 035 $a(OCoLC)1007858857 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000159144 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000089882 100 $a20130912d1998 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAging, social inequality, and public policy$b[electronic resource] /$fFred C. Pampel 210 $aThousand Oaks $cPine Forge$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 176 p.) $cill 225 1 $aSociology for a new century 225 0$aSociology for a new century 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-41851-9 311 $a0-8039-9095-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 153-166) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Programs 327 $aSocial 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 Statuses 327 $aLeveling 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 States 327 $aRole 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 Elderly 327 $aSources of Relative Spending on Children and the ElderlyConclusion; Epilogue; References; Index 330 $a Fred C. Pampel describes how age combines with other components of inequality by comparing the influence of group membership on social inequality before and after the life course transition to old age. He looks at the differences in public policy and how age inequality -- more than the other sources of inequality -- relates closely to government policies and studies other societies in which both age group differences and overall inequality differ from those in the United States. Pampel makes a comparison of the United States with other nations a central component of the book, providing grea 410 0$aSociology for a New Century Series 606 $aOlder people$xSocial conditions 606 $aOlder people$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aOlder people$xGovernment policy 606 $aOlder people$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aOld age assistance 606 $aOld age assistance$zUnited States 606 $aEquality 606 $aEquality$zUnited States 615 0$aOlder people$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aOlder people$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aOlder people$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aOlder people$xGovernment policy 615 0$aOld age assistance. 615 0$aOld age assistance 615 0$aEquality. 615 0$aEquality 676 $a305.26 700 $aPampel$b Fred C$0140542 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791726703321 996 $aAging, social inequality, and public policy$93768109 997 $aUNINA