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Ageing and health : the politics of better policies / / Scott L. Greer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, [and six others] [[electronic resource]]
| Ageing and health : the politics of better policies / / Scott L. Greer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, [and six others] [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Greer Scott L. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge University Press, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 167 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 362.1084/6 |
| Collana | European observatory on health systems and policies |
| Soggetto topico |
Older people - Medical care - Europe
Older people - Medical care - Europe - Economic aspects Older people - Medical care - Europe - Political aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
economics of ageing
politics of ageing healthy ageing ageing crisis health policy health systems healthcare management public policy public finance intergenerational justice welfare state pensions pension policy public health |
| ISBN |
1-108-96829-5
1-108-96807-4 1-108-97323-X |
| Classificazione | POL024000POL024000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Two Very Different Narratives Depicting Ageing Societies -- 1.2 What Are the Consequences of Seeing Population Ageing in a Negative Light? -- 1.3 Are Policy Concerns about Population Ageing Evidence-Based? -- 1.3.1 Population Ageing Will Not Become a Major Driver of Health Expenditure Growth -- 1.3.2 Population Ageing Will Lead to Changes in Paid and Unpaid Work, but These Can Be Managed -- 1.4 The Coronavirus Pandemic: Intergenerational Conflict or Revealing Consequences of Longstanding Inequalities? -- 1.5 Win-Win Policy and Politics: the Life-Course Approach -- 1.6 The Book in Brief -- 1.7 Conclusion -- 2 Older People in Europe -- 2.1 Diversity and Inequality -- 2.1.1 Income Insecurity Varies across the European Region, but It Is Better to Be on the Margins in Northern & -- Western Europe Than in Eastern Europe -- 2.1.2 Most Older People Are Not in Paid Work but the Odds of Not Working Are Higher in Eastern Europe Than in Northern and Western Europe -- 2.1.3 Older People in Eastern Europe Are Most Likely to Live in Multigenerational Households -- 2.1.4 The Health of Older People Varies across Regions -- 2.2 What Do Commonly Used Data Say about Population Ageing and Its Effects on Society? -- 3 Ageing Equally: Politics, Health and Solidarity -- 3.1 The 'Greedy Geezer' Narrative -- 3.2 The Demand-Side Explanation for Win-Lose Policies: Partially, but Only Partially, Correct -- 3.2.1 Older People Do Make Up a Large Share of Voters -- 3.2.2 Sometimes Older Adults Prefer Win-Lose Policies, and Act Politically to Try to Get Them -- 3.2.3 Social Policy Preferences of Older and Younger People Are Often Not As Different As We Expect.
3.3 Older Voters Do Not Vote As a Bloc -- 3.4 The Supply-Side Explanation for Win-Lose Policies Is Also Partly, but Only Partly, Right -- 3.4.1 There Is Some Evidence of Politicians Responding to Demands from Older Voters When Making Social Policy Choices -- 3.4.2 Policy Is Mainly a Response to Factors Other Than Pressure from Older People -- 3.5 Weighing the Evidence -- 3.5.1 Are Older People 'Greedy', Rationally Demanding or Deserving? -- 3.5.2 Social Policies Generally Result Mainly from Considerations Unrelated to Demand from Voters -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 3.7 Appendix -- 4 The Coalitional Politics of Win-Wins -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Intra- and Intergenerational Solidarity Across Europe -- 4.2 Intra- and Intergenerational Solidarity in an Era of Austerity -- 4.3 The Politics of Healthy Ageing -- 4.3.1 Why is the Win-Win So Difficult to Achieve? -- 4.4 Coalitions and Healthy Ageing -- 4.5 New Challenges -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5 Unequal Ageing: the Politics of Ageing As the Politics of Health Inequalities -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Unequal Ageing: Who Gets to Be Old? -- 5.2.1 Gender Inequalities in Health -- 5.2.2 Ethnic Inequalities in Health -- 5.2.3 Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health -- 5.2.4 Geographical Inequalities in Health -- 5.2.5 Intersectional Inequalities -- 5.2.6 Trends in Health Inequalities -- 5.2.7 COVID-19 Pandemic and Health Inequalities -- 5.3 What Causes Health Inequalities? -- 5.3.1 Material Resources: the Social Determinants of Health -- 5.3.2 Explaining Geographic Inequalities in Health -- 5.4 Beyond the Social Position and Place: the Political Economy Approach -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 The Implications of Win-Win and Win-Lose Policies for the 'Ageing Crisis' -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Win-Win Policies and Healthy Ageing -- 6.2.1 The English Health Inequalities Strategy as a Win-Win Strategy. 6.2.2 German Reunification: Drawing Lessons from an Unusual Win-Win -- 6.3 Win-Lose Policies and the Implications for Healthy Ageing -- 6.3.1 Austerity Politics and Ageing in the UK -- 6.3.2 Health Inequalities and the "Americanization" of European Political Economy -- 6.4 Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- 7.1 Tearing Down Straw Men -- 7.2 Equity, Intergenerational and Other -- 7.3 After the Straw Men: Understanding the Politics of Ageing and Health -- 7.4 Getting to a Win-Win -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910585960703321 |
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Towards the ethics of a green future : the theory and practice of human rights for future people / / edited by Marcus Düwell, Gerhard Bos, Naomi van Steenbergen
| Towards the ethics of a green future : the theory and practice of human rights for future people / / edited by Marcus Düwell, Gerhard Bos, Naomi van Steenbergen |
| Autore | Duewell Marcus |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 207 pages) : digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 179.1 |
| Collana | Routledge studies in sustainability |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental ethics
Sustainability - Moral and ethical aspects Human rights |
| Soggetto non controllato |
sustainability
environmental justice intergenerational justice environmental politics environmental philosophy human rights environmental rights environmental economics Gerhard Bos Naomi van Steenbergen Lukas H. Meyer Fabian Schuppert Harald Stelzer Adriana Placani Joachim H. Spangenberg Elina Pirjatanniemi Danielle Zwarthoed Adrian-Paul Iliescu Ileana Dascălu Thierry Ngosso Klaus Steigleder Dieter Birnbacher May Thorseth Karsten Klint Jensen |
| ISBN |
1-351-63164-0
1-351-63165-9 1-315-11578-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Why "rights" of future people? / Marcus Düwell and Gerhard Bos -- Risk and rights : how do deal with risks from a rights-based perspective / Lukas Meyer, Fabian Schuppert, Harald Stelzer and Adriana Placani -- Looking to the future : finding suitable models and scenarios / Joachim H. Spangenberg -- Pathways for future generations in existing legal human rights provisions / Elina Pirjatanniemi -- Political representation of future generations / Danielle Zwarthoed -- Intergenerational justice in the context of developing countries / Adrian-Paul Iliescu, Ileana Dascalu, Thierry Ngosso and Naomi van Steenbergen -- Climate economics and future generations / Klaus Steigleder -- Motivational aspects of a politics of sustainability / Dieter Birnbacher -- Governance towards a green future / May Thorseth and Fabian Schuppert -- Ethics of a green future : a research agenda / Marcus Düwell and Karsten Klint Jensen. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765738303321 |
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Duewell Marcus
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