This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive treatment of the political economy of
aging. From the founder and key thinker in the field comes a work that aims to contribute to …

This unique volume brings together 20 critical essays on aging within the context of the
broad social, political, and economic factors that help shape and determine the realities of …

A political economy perspective on aging and old age emphasizes the broad implications of
economic life for the aged and for society's treatment of the elderly. The central challenge of …

This paper discusses the politics of ageing in the US within a political economy framework.
Four forces are shaping US policy: austerity, federalism, deregulation, and the medical …

The origins and influence of social science perspectives have conditioned theoretical and
empirical developments in the field of gerontology. Yet little systematic examination has …

With the impending retirement of some 76 million baby boomers in a period of huge
government deficits, public anxiety about the social and economic health of an aging nation …

Sarah Cohen, an eighty-three-year-old widow, has lived in her now deteriorating inner-city
apartment for over forty years. She has no assets left; her sole source of income, Social …

Still the definitive book on the subject, this volume has been thoroughly revised to cover
rapidly changing aspects of the economics of aging. It provides an in-depth examination of …

Page 1 Readings in the Political Economy of Aging Edited by Meredith Minkler and Carroll L.
Estes POLICY, POLITICS, HEALTH AND MEDICINE Series Series Editor VICENTE NAVARRO …

As the life course currently is structured, old age is socially defined as a stage of life
beginning in the early sixties, in which retirement from work and many other social …