U.S. Aging Policy Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles (Greenwood Reference Volumes on American Public Policy Formation) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313265437 ISBN 13: 9780313265433

Publisher: Greenwood Press, 1992

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[ U.S. Aging Policy Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles Greenwood Reference Volumes on American Public Policy Formation By ( Author ) Apr-1992 Hardcover

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Review:

"Suggest to a candidate for national office campaigning in Florida that Social Security benefits ought to be cut and the swiftness and strength of the almost certain denial is a barometer of the strength that senior citizens and their policy advocacy groups wield in today's complex political equation. Yet, as the introduction to the profiles of eighty-three independent organizations states, the groups' interests are diverse, and on the national scene some federal programs for the elderly have indeed been rolled back. Some of the organizations emphasize health care, others the interests of federal retirees, and still others the protection of Social Security benefits; some serve those professionals who provide services to the elderly and the family members who care for them, and a few even promote taxation of Social Security benefits and increasing the eligibility age for benefits. Each of the signed profiles lists the organization address and phone and fax numbers, states its purpose, relates its origins and development, describes its organization and funding, discusses its policy concerns and the tactics used to further that agenda, and describes its publications. Many of these organizations are, of course, listed in the Encyclopedia of Associations (Detroit: Gale), but sans the depth and analysis present here. Surprisingly few of them appear in Public Interest Profiles, 1992-1993 (Washington: Congressional Quarterly, 1992). For these reasons and because the graying of the population promises to intensify debate over issues relating to senior citizens, the value of this well-edited, well-indexed guide is likely to increase as it ages."-Wilson Library Journal

"This work will be a valuable source for libraries that have an emphasis on aging or that support academic programs with this emphasis."-ARBA

?This work will be a valuable source for libraries that have an emphasis on aging or that support academic programs with this emphasis.?-ARBA

?Suggest to a candidate for national office campaigning in Florida that Social Security benefits ought to be cut and the swiftness and strength of the almost certain denial is a barometer of the strength that senior citizens and their policy advocacy groups wield in today's complex political equation. Yet, as the introduction to the profiles of eighty-three independent organizations states, the groups' interests are diverse, and on the national scene some federal programs for the elderly have indeed been rolled back. Some of the organizations emphasize health care, others the interests of federal retirees, and still others the protection of Social Security benefits; some serve those professionals who provide services to the elderly and the family members who care for them, and a few even promote taxation of Social Security benefits and increasing the eligibility age for benefits. Each of the signed profiles lists the organization address and phone and fax numbers, states its purpose, relates its origins and development, describes its organization and funding, discusses its policy concerns and the tactics used to further that agenda, and describes its publications. Many of these organizations are, of course, listed in the Encyclopedia of Associations (Detroit: Gale), but sans the depth and analysis present here. Surprisingly few of them appear in Public Interest Profiles, 1992-1993 (Washington: Congressional Quarterly, 1992). For these reasons and because the graying of the population promises to intensify debate over issues relating to senior citizens, the value of this well-edited, well-indexed guide is likely to increase as it ages.?-Wilson Library Journal

About the Author:

DAVID D. VAN TASSEL is Elbert J. Benton Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of Old Age in a Bureaucratic Society (Greenwood Press, 1986), among a number of other works. JIMMY E.W. MEYER is a former librarian and a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Case Western Reserve University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0313265437
• ISBN 13: 9780313265433
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 286
• Editor: Van Tassel David D., Meyer Jimmy E.