Social Policy and Aging: A Critical Perspective

by Carroll L. Estes

Book Overview

This groundbreaking book provides comprehensive treatment of the political economy of aging by a scholar widely credited as the founder and key thinker of this field in the US and internationally. The body of work presented in this volume, in developing this critical perspective, aims to contribute to the understanding of old age and aging in the context of problems and issues of the larger social order in the world′s most advanced capitalist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803973470
• ISBN13: 9780803973473
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"