Social Policy in Ageing Societies: Britain and Germany Compared

by A. Walker (Editor), G. Naegele (Editor)

Overview

This first comparative study of ageing and social policy in two major European countries is based on a unique set of joint analyses of the major policy areas affecting older people. These analyses reveal both differences and similarities in policy and practice and, in several fields, increasing convergence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230520981
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/27/2008
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

GERTRUD M BACKES is Professor/Director for Ageing and Society at Vechta University, Germany INGRID EYERS is Lecturer of Health and Social Care in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey, UK UWE FACHINGER is Professor of Economics and Demography at the Institute for Gerontology at University Vechta, Germany FRERICH FRERICHS is Professor for Ageing and Work at the Institute of Gerontology, University of Vechta, Germany VERA GERLING is a freelance social-gerontologist for GER-ON, Consult& Research in Dortmund, Germany JAY GINN is Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey, UK CAROLINE GLENDINNING is Professor of Social Policy and Assistant Director of the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York, UK TOBIAS GROSS is Research Fellow at the European Policies Research Centre (EPRC), University of Strathclyde, UK JOSEPG HILBERT is Privatdozent at the Medical Faculty of the Ruhr Bochum; Research Fellow at the Institute for Work and Technology University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen and head of research department 'Health Industries and Quality of Life'. GERHARD IGL is Professor of Social Security Law at the University of Kiel, Germany and Director of the Institute of Social Security Law and Social Policy in Europe TONY MALTBY is CROW Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce at the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales) based in Leicester, UK GERHARD NAEGELE is a Professor of Social Gerontology and Direcor of the Institute of Gerontology at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany JUDITH PHILLIPS is Professor of Gerontology and Social Work at Swansea University and director of the Older People and Ageing Research and Development Network (OPAN Cymru) in Wales, UK WOLFGANG POTRATZ is Research Fellow at the Institute for Work and Technology, University of Applied Sciences, Gelsenkirchen, Germany MONIKA REICHERT is Professor for Social Gerontology at the University of Dortmund, Germany CHRISTIANE ROHLEDER is Professor of Sociology at the Kath, Germany PHILIP TAYLOR is Professor of Employment Policy in the Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia WINFRIED SCHMÄHL was Professor of Economics and Director of the Department of Economics, Centre for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen, Germany until July 2007 ALAN WALKER is Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology at the University of Sheffield, UK. He currently directs the UK New Dynamics of Ageing Programme and the European Research Area in Ageing

Table of Contents

Major Policy Challenges of Ageing Societies: Britain and Germany Compared; A.Walker and G.Naegele Pension Reform and the Socio-Economic Status of Older People; J.Ginn, U.Fachinger and W. Schmähl Ageing and the Labour Market: A Comparison of Policy Approaches; F. Frerichs and P. Taylor Silver Economy: Purchasing Power and the Quest for Quality of Life; W. Potratz, T. Gross and J. Hilbert Gender and Ageing: The Role of Social Networks; I. Eyers and G. Backes Minority Ethnic Elders in Germany and the UK; V. Gerling The Changing Generational Contract Within and Outside the Family; M. Reichert and J. Phillips Health Status and Health Policy; A. Pfaff Long-Term Care in Germany and the UK; C. Glendenning and G. Igl Societal and Political Participation; T.Maltby and C.Rohleder Conclusion; G.Naegele and A.Walker