Estes, Carroll L. <br/><br/>
Social policy and aging :  a critical perspective / 
Carroll L. Estes. 
 - Thousand Oaks, Calif. ;  London :  SAGE,  2001. 
 - 288p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1.  Political economy of aging: A theoretical framework--2. Critical perspectives on aging--3. The medicalization and commodification of aging and the privatization and rationalization of old age policy--4. The transformation of the nonprofit sector: Systemic crisis and the political economy of aging services--5.Crisis,the welfare state, and aging: Ideology and agency in the social security privatization debate.--6. Sex and gender in the political economy of aging--7. Inequality and aging: The creation of dependency--8. The medical-industrial complex and the aging enterprise--9. A political economy critique of Productive aging--10. The underdevelopment of community-based servoces om the U.S. Long-term care system: A structural analysis--11. The political economy of health work. 
<br/><br/> This volume provides a comprehensive treatment of the political economy of aging by a scholar widely credited as the founder and key thinker of this field. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780803973473 (pbk.) :  �19.99 9780803973466 (hbk.) :  �43.00 9780803973473 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>0000010918 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social stratification--United States<br/>Older people--Medical care--United States<br/>Older people--Government policy--United States<br/>Older people--United States<br/>Aged--United States<br/>Aging--United States<br/>Aged--Government policy--United States<br/>Aged--Medical care--United States<br/>Health and Wellbeing.<br/>Social & ethical issues<br/>Sociology<br/>Care of the elderly<br/>Age groups: the elderly
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1064.V5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.61 EST