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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mann, Kirk, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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