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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 August 2009
      12 January 2006
      ISBN:
      9780511550560
      9780521847773
      9780521612609
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511550560
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.625kg, 320 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.508kg, 316 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Politics: General Interest, Sociology: General Interest, Politics and International Relations, Sociology
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    Age discrimination is a highly topical issue in all industrialised societies, against a background of concerns about shortening working lives and ageing populations in the future. Based upon detailed research, and adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this unique study traces the history of the age discrimination debate in Britain and the USA since the 1930s. It critically analyses the concepts of ageism in social relations and age discrimination in employment. Case-studies on generational equity and health care rationing by age are followed by an analysis of the British government's initiatives against age discrimination in employment. The book then traces the history of the debate on health status and old age, addressing the question of whether working capacity has improved sufficiently to justify calls to delay retirement and extend working lives. It concludes with a detailed examination of the origins and subsequent working of the USA's 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

    Awards

    Winner of Best New Publication from the Social Policy Association

    Reviews

    'The great virtue of John Macnicol's book is precisely that it forces the reader to question many of the assumptions that are often made in the debate about ageism, mandatory retirement and what the appropriate pensionable age should be … otherwise a book marked by wide-ranging scholarship and careful analysis.'

    Source: Journal of Public Policy

    'It merits wide reading by policy analysts, activists and gerontologists on both sides of the Atlantic.'

    Source: History

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