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- catalog abstract "As the life expectancy of the average American continues to increase and the baby-boom generation moves toward retirement, the near future will see ever larger numbers of older citizens whose welfare and guarantees of equity and social justice are the subjects of heated debate in Washington. In recent years Medicare, Social Security, and other federal programs that aid older Americans have come under attack by political conservatives who claim that such programs drain the budget at the expense of people under age 65. At this critical period in the history of the senior rights movement, Lawrence Alfred Powell, John B. Williamson, and Kenneth J. Branco provide a comprehensive and enlightening analysis of the dynamics of aging-policy reform and its development over the past two centuries. Using examples of political rhetoric and media images dating from colonial days to the present, they trace the conflict between progressive senior-rights advocates and conservative opponents of reform in order to frame the debate over societal definitions of fairness and social justice in old age, emphasizing the role played by symbolic politics in these struggles. Their account underscores the importance of the symbolic gestures and countergestures that have been used by both senior-rights advocates and their opponents to influence the direction of events and to sway public opinion on aging issues.".
- catalog contributor b9652020.
- catalog contributor b9652021.
- catalog contributor b9652022.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "1. Old-Age Equity as a Social Construct: The Symbolic Politics of Reality Definition and Mass Persuasion -- 2. Defining Justice for the Old and a Young Nation: Historical Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Struggles -- 3. The Incipient Senior Rights Movement: Legitimizing Pensions in the Public Mind -- 4. The Original Social Security Crisis: Economic Depression and Elite Responses to Reform Pressures -- 5. Coalition Politics and the Struggle for Medicare: Further Elite Concessions and Symbolic Appeasement -- 6. The Institutionalization of Policy Reform: Gray Lobbies, White House Conferences, and the Aging Enterprise -- 7. Old Age and the New Right: Resisting Attempts to Delegitimize Social Security -- 8. Framing the Equity Debate in an Era of Mass-Mediated Political Realities.".
- catalog description "As the life expectancy of the average American continues to increase and the baby-boom generation moves toward retirement, the near future will see ever larger numbers of older citizens whose welfare and guarantees of equity and social justice are the subjects of heated debate in Washington. In recent years Medicare, Social Security, and other federal programs that aid older Americans have come under attack by political conservatives who claim that such programs drain the budget at the expense of people under age 65. At this critical period in the history of the senior rights movement, Lawrence Alfred Powell, John B. Williamson, and Kenneth J. Branco provide a comprehensive and enlightening analysis of the dynamics of aging-policy reform and its development over the past two centuries.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-250) and index.".
- catalog description "Using examples of political rhetoric and media images dating from colonial days to the present, they trace the conflict between progressive senior-rights advocates and conservative opponents of reform in order to frame the debate over societal definitions of fairness and social justice in old age, emphasizing the role played by symbolic politics in these struggles. Their account underscores the importance of the symbolic gestures and countergestures that have been used by both senior-rights advocates and their opponents to influence the direction of events and to sway public opinion on aging issues.".
- catalog extent "xii, 259 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Senior rights movement.".
- catalog identifier "0805797106 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0805797467 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Senior rights movement.".
- catalog isPartOf "Social movements past and present".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Twayne ; London : Prentice Hall International,".
- catalog relation "Senior rights movement.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "305.26/0973 20".
- catalog subject "HQ1064.U5 P67 1996".
- catalog subject "Older people Government policy United States.".
- catalog subject "Older people United States Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "Senior rights".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Old-Age Equity as a Social Construct: The Symbolic Politics of Reality Definition and Mass Persuasion -- 2. Defining Justice for the Old and a Young Nation: Historical Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Struggles -- 3. The Incipient Senior Rights Movement: Legitimizing Pensions in the Public Mind -- 4. The Original Social Security Crisis: Economic Depression and Elite Responses to Reform Pressures -- 5. Coalition Politics and the Struggle for Medicare: Further Elite Concessions and Symbolic Appeasement -- 6. The Institutionalization of Policy Reform: Gray Lobbies, White House Conferences, and the Aging Enterprise -- 7. Old Age and the New Right: Resisting Attempts to Delegitimize Social Security -- 8. Framing the Equity Debate in an Era of Mass-Mediated Political Realities.".
- catalog title "The senior rights movement : framing the policy debate in America / Lawrence Alfred Powell, Kenneth J. Branco, and John B. Williamson.".
- catalog type "text".