ISBN:
9780415603829
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (297 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge / ECPR Studies in European Political Science
Parallel Title:
Print version Ageing Populations in Post-industrial Democracies : Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics
DDC:
305.2609051
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Most advanced democracies are currently experiencing accelerated population ageing, which fundamentally changes not just their demographic composition; it can also be expected to have far-reaching political and policy consequences. This volume brings together an expert set of scholars from Europe and North America to investigate generational politics and public policies within an approach explicitly focusing on comparative political science. This theoretically unified text examines changing electoral policy demands due to demographic ageing, and features analysis of USA, UK, Japan, Germany, It
Description / Table of Contents:
Ageing Populations in Post-industrial Democracies Comparative studies of policies and politics; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Preface; 1 Mapping the field: comparative generational politics and policies in ageing democracies; 2 Explaining the success of pensioners' parties: a qualitative comparative analysis of 31 polities; 3 Rhetoric and action on ageing in the world's 'oldest' democracies: party platforms and labor policies in Germany, Italy, and Japan
Description / Table of Contents:
4 Live longer, work longer? Intergenerational fairness in retirement age reforms in Germany and the United Kingdom5 Pension regimes, gender and generational inequalities: the persistence of institutional differences in ageing post-industrial democracies; 6 Accelerating smaller cutbacks to delay larger ones? The politics of timing and alarm bells in OECD pension generosity retrenchment; 7 Population ageing, the elderly, and the generosity of standard and minimum pensions
Description / Table of Contents:
8 The family and the welfare state: the impact of public provision for families on young people's demand for public childcare across 21 nations9 Cohort, class and attitudes to redistribution in two liberal welfare states: Britain and the United States, 1996-2006; 10 How family policies affect women's formation of domestic unions - and why it matters for fertility; 11 Epilogue - conflict and convergence: an American perspective on the politics of ageing welfare states; Index of terms; Index of names;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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