Generational Agreement on Old-age Policies: Explanations Based on Realistic Interests, Symbolic Political Attitudes and Age Identities |
Contents
Conflicting Age Interests | 4 |
The History of Generational Agreement on OldAge Policies | 10 |
Impact on the Vote | 18 |
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1984 NES study 1985 NES pilot age conflict age identities age peers ageism asked assessed Bilingual Education Campbell candidate preferences categorization cohorts Democrats dependency ratio development of group economic interdependence economic interest theory elderly entitlement programs feeling close feelings of closeness felt closeness gender greater spending group attachments group closeness group interests group members group unity Hispanics identity as old increased ingroup bias Insert Table interests of older intergroup issues Marilynn Brewer middle aged National Election Studies negative Old-Age Policy Support old-age programs older and younger older beneficiaries older respondents outgroup payroll taxes political attitudes political impact political unity regression Ronald Reagan Sears Security and Medicare Selznick social class social identity theory Social Security benefits Social Security system socio-demographic groups spending on old-age status groups status interdependence support for old-age symbolic politics theory symbolic predispositions UCLA pilot study unity among older variables variance voting women younger contributors