Approaching retirement : social divisions, welfare, and exclusion /

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Using the idea of the social division of welfare as a template, this book assesses different approaches to retirement pensions policy, highlighting their relative strengths and weaknesses. An invaluable resource for social science students at all levels, and for those who teach them. Economists and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mann, Kirk, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Retirement > Great Britain.
Old age pensions > Great Britain.
Older people > Government policy > Great Britain.
Social status > Great Britain.
Pensions de vieillesse > Grande-Bretagne.
Personnes âgées > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne.
Statut social > Grande-Bretagne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > Retirement Planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Old age pensions
Older people > Government policy
Retirement
Social status
Rentenalter
Pensionering.
Ouderdomsvoorzieningen.
Sociale ongelijkheid.
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • APPROACHING RETIREMENT; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and glossary of terms; Introduction; 1. Social divisions, exclusion and retirement; 2. Two versions of political economy: ease and plenty or immiseration and crisis?; 3. Consumption, consumers and choice; 4. Post-work and post-structuralism: first past the post?; 5. Risk and post-traditional welfare; 6. Looking (or put out) for greener grass? Some comparative measures of 'success'; 7. Prophets, profits and uncertain conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

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