Fiscal Austerity and Aging: Shifting Government Responsibility for the Elderly

by Robert J. Newcomer and Carroll L. Estes

The authors draw on the work they have done for a major research centre, in order to assess both the shifts in policy towards the elderly which have been wrought by the austerity politics of the 1980s, and the likely long-term impact of such changes. The views taken of older people, the history of public policy toward the aged, the shifting responsibility between state and federal government are discussed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803920733
• ISBN13: 9780803920736
• Release Date: July 1983
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.