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Crises and Old Age Policy

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The theme of crisis is a central motif resonating throughout the contemporary U.S. welfare state that is particularly salient for old age politics and policy. To understand these issues, analysis must attend to crisis construction and crisis management by the state and the role of other interests and actors in the economic, political, and civil sectors of society.

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Estes, C.L. (2011). Crises and Old Age Policy. In: Settersten, R., Angel, J. (eds) Handbook of Sociology of Aging. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7374-0_19

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