Pensions, Politics and the Elderly - Historic Social Movements and Their Lessons for Our Aging Society

This is an historical exploration of the US pensioner movements of the late 1920s through to the early 1950s, and the insights they offer policy analysts and researchers on how the forthcoming retirement of the Baby-Boom generation could proceed.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Will the Boomers Have Their Ham and Eggs?; Chapter 2 Ham and Eggs; Chapter 3 The Nonpension Ingredients of Ham and Eggs; Chapter 4 Townsend Versus Social Security; Chapter 5 Gerontocracy’s Last Stand: Earl Warren and Uncle George; Chapter 6 Twenty-First Century Ham and Eggs?;

About the author

Mitchell, Daniel J. B.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel J. B. Mitchell, Mitchell Daniel J. B.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2000
• EAN: 9780765605184
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0518-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social issues & processes, United States of America, USA, Age groups: the elderly, Social and ethical issues