The Politics of Old Age in EuropeAlan Walker, Gerhard Naegele This collection of essays examines the new politics of old age from the perspectives of individual countries and the European Union as a whole. Case studies of Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK provide a broad representation of EU countries. Additionally there are studies of Hungary and the USA to provide comparative reference points in Central/Eastern Europe and North America. Each country study provides an overview of the politics of old age (main developments, organizations and actors), an account of developments and measures taken by national or local government to increase the participation of older people, analysis of the barriers to participation and a forward look at the likely direction of policies, forms of representation and generational relations. The examples are preceeded by European overviews of political participation and representation, the machinery of representation and recent innovations. |
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The legal structures of representation | 25 |
The politics of old age in Austria | 66 |
The politics of old age in France | 83 |
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active administration advisory Age Concern age groups ALAN WALKER associations Austria benefits boards bodies campaign cent CGIL concerning older contributions councils countries cultural demographic Denmark economic effect elected employees established Europe European example federal forms funds future Germany gerontology ical income increase influence institutions interest groups interests of older intergenerational intergenerational equity issues Italy labour market major Medicare membership ment municipalities national level Netherlands number of older old age politics older citizens older persons older population ÖVP Parliament participation of older pension system policies for older political participation political parties politics of old private pensions reform regional represent representation of older retirement role sector senior citizens Social Democratic social policy Social Security social services social welfare society specific SPÖ structure Sweden Swedish Swedish welfare third age tion trade unions trend voluntary voting Walker women workers younger