Age discrimination : an historical and contemporary analysis /

"Age discrimination is a highly topical issue in all industrialised societies, against a background of concerns about shortening working lives and ageing populations in the future. Based upon detailed research, and adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this unique study traces the history of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Macnicol, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University, 2006.
Temas:
Ageism > Great Britain > History.
Ageism > United States > History.
Age discrimination in employment > Great Britain > History.
Age discrimination in employment > United States > History.
Âgisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Âgisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Discrimination selon l'âge dans l'emploi > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Discrimination selon l'âge dans l'emploi > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Age discrimination in employment
Ageism
Diskriminierung
Alter
Discriminatie (sociologie)
Leeftijdsgrenzen.
Werkgelegenheidsbeleid.
Great Britain
United States
Großbritannien
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • pt. 1. AGeism and age discrimination
  • 1. Analysing ageism and age discrimination
  • 2. Justice between generations
  • pt. 2. The current revival of interest in Britain
  • 3. New labour and age discrimination
  • pt. 3. Retirement, health status and work-disability
  • 4. Health status and old age
  • 5. From the late nineteenth century to the 1940s
  • 6. The 1950s and 1960s in Britain
  • 7. The recent debate
  • pt. 4. America's Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  • 8. The age discrimination debate, from the 1920s to 1967
  • 9. From 1967 to the present
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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