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
Autor principal: Mann, Kirk, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sociale ongelijkheid.
Ouderdomsvoorzieningen.
Pensionering.
Rentenalter
Social status.
Retirement.
Older people > Government policy.
Old age pensions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > Retirement Planning.
Social status > Great Britain.
Older people > Government policy > Great Britain.
Old age pensions > Great Britain.
Retirement > Great Britain.
Grossbritannien
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
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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