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Market friendly or family friendly?, the state and gender inequality in old age, Madonna Harrington Meyer and Pamela Herd

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Market friendly or family friendly?, the state and gender inequality in old age, Madonna Harrington Meyer and Pamela Herd

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-217) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Market friendly or family friendly?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

85892238

Responsibility statement

Madonna Harrington Meyer and Pamela Herd

Review

"Poverty among the elderly is sharply gendered - women over sixty-five are twice as likely as men to live below the poverty line. Recent efforts of some in Washington to reduce and privatize social welfare programs threaten to exacerbate inequality among women by race, class, and marital status. Madonna Harrington Meyer and Pamela Herd explain these disparities in Market Friendly or Family Friendly? and asses how proposed policy reforms would affect inequality among the aged. They contrast the impact of market friendly programs that maximize individual choice, risk, and responsibility with family friendly programs aimed at redistributing risks and resources."--BOOK JACKET

Series statement

Rose series in sociology

Sub title

the state and gender inequality in old age

Table Of Contents

Disappearing problems? Gender inequality in old age -- Market friendly or family friendly? The role of the state -- Accumulating inequality at work and at home -- The business of retirement -- The business of health -- Market-friendly proposals : entrenching inequality -- Family-friendly proposals : entrenching equality

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