Life-Course Implications of US Public Policy

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Synopsis

There is a complex set of public policies and associated programs that constitute the social safety net in the United States. In Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies, the authors encourage others to systematically consider the influence of policies and programs on lives, aging, and the life course, and how the consequences might vary by gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, and social class.
The volume aims to foster an appreciation of how policy influences connect and condition the life course. Chapters examine issues relating to health, housing, food security, crime, employment, and care work, amongst other issues, and demonstrate how the principles of the life-course perspective and cumulative inequality theory can be used to inform contemporary public policy debates.
Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies will be a great resource for students of gerontology, sociology, demography, social work, public health and public policy, as well as policy makers, researchers in think tanks, and advocates, who are concerned with age-based policy.

Book details

Series:
Society and Aging Series
Author:
Janet M. Wilmoth, Andrew S. London
ISBN:
9781000389487
Related ISBNs:
9780367897598, 9780367897604, 9781003020912
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
140
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2021-05-25
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2021
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology