Life-Course Implications of US Public Policy

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-89759-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

Reihe: Society and Aging Series

There is a complex set of public policies and associated programs that constitute the social safety net in the United States. In Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies, the authors encourage others to systematically consider the influence of policies and programs on lives, aging, and the life course, and how the consequences might vary by gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, and social class.

The volume aims to foster an appreciation of how policy influences connect and condition the life course. Chapters examine issues relating to health, housing, food security, crime, employment, and care work, amongst other issues, and demonstrate how the principles of the life-course perspective and cumulative inequality theory can be used to inform contemporary public policy debates.

Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies will be a great resource for students of gerontology, sociology, demography, social work, public health and public policy, as well as policy makers, researchers in think tanks, and advocates, who are concerned with age-based policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilmoth, Janet M

Wilmoth, Janet

London, Andrew S

London, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Gerontopsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Jennifer Karas Montez Preface Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London 1. An Introduction to Life Course Perspectives on Public Policies Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London 2. Process, Policy and Unintended Consequences: The Life Course Patterning of Cumulative (Dis)Advantage Dale Dannefer and Chengming Han 3. Structural Sexism and Life Course Health: Implications for Public Policy Patricia Homan 4. Wealth Policy as Health Policy: A Population Aging Perspective and Racial Equity Perspective Courtney Boen 5. Understanding the Role of Housing Policy in Life-Course Health: HUD Rental Assistance and Health Outcomes for Children and Adults Andrew Fenelon 6. U.S. Food and Nutrition Policy Across the Life Course Colleen Heflin 7. Crime and Delinquency over the Life Course: Adolescence, Peers, and Policy Jason P. Robey and Michael Massoglia 8. Immigration Policies and the Health of the Older Foreign-Born in the United States Zoya Gubernskaya 9. The Future of Long-term Care in the Latino Population: Where Will the Burden Fall? Jacqueline L. Angel and Sunshine M. Rote 10. How Social Policies Affect Grandparent Care Work Madonna Harrington Meyer and Amra Kandic 11. Social Policies for Older Workers Debra Street and Áine Ní Léime

Über Autor(innen)

Janet M. Wilmoth is Professor and Chair of Sociology, and Director of the Aging Studies Institute, at Syracuse University. She is affiliated with the Center for Aging and Policy Studies, the Center for Policy Research, and the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion. Her research examines older adult migration, living arrangements, and health status, and explores how military service shapes various life-course outcomes.

Andrew S. London is Associate Dean and Professor of Sociology at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is affiliated with the Aging Studies Institute, the Center for Aging and Policy Studies, the Center for Policy Research, and the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion. His areas of specialization are in medical sociology, demography, aging and the life course, veterans, families, poverty, and social welfare.