Neoliberalising Old Age

This book examines the effect of neoliberalism on the recent ageing and social policy agenda in the UK and the USA.

List of contents

1. The changing meanings of old age; 2. Old age in the past; 3. Pensions reform, from the 1990s onwards; 4. Demography as destiny?; 5. Retirement; 6. Intergenerational equity; 7. Towards age equality?; 8. Conclusion.

About the author

John Macnicol is Visiting Professor in Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has published extensively on social policy, particularly the history of social policy. His previous books include Age Discrimination: An Historical and Contemporary Analysis (Cambridge, 2006), Paying for the Old: Old Age and Social Welfare Provision (edited, 2000) and The Politics of Retirement in Britain, 1878–1948 (Cambridge, 1998).

Summary

This book examines the ways in which neoliberalism as a political ideology has affected the current ageing and social policy debate in the UK and the USA, with particular regard to the raising of state pension ages, demographic pressures, retirement, state pensions, intergenerational equity, ageism and age discrimination in employment.

Product details

• Authors: John MacNicol, John (London School of Economics and Pol Macnicol, John (London School of Economics and Political Science) Macnicol, Macnicol John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781107115187
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11518-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, Age groups: the elderly, Age groups: the elderly / old age