The overselling of population aging :
The overselling of population aging : apocalyptic demography, intergenerational challenges, and social policy /
edited by Ellen M. Gee and Gloria M. Gutman.
- Don Mills, Ont. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- ix, 154 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- The studies in Canadian population .
Papers from a conference entitled The overselling of population aging: apocalyptic demography and intergenerational challenges, held in May 1998 at Simon Fraser University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; 1. Population and Politics: Voodoo Demography, Population Ageing, and Social Policy ; 2. Three Demographic Stories: Apocalyptic, Opportunistic, and Realistic OR Chicken Little's, Nest Eggies, and Humpty Dumpties ; 3. Alarmist Economics and Women's Pensions: A Case of Semanticide ; 4. Population Ageing and Hospital Days: Will There Be a Problem? ; 5. What Did You Ever Do for Me?: Intergenerational Linkages in a Restructuring Canada ; 6. Ageing Families: Have Current changes and Challenges been Oversold? ; 7. Intergenerational Care Giving: How Apocalyptic and Dominant Demographies Frame the Questions and Shape the Answers ; 8. The Refilled 'Nest': Debunking the Myth of Families-in-Crisis TOC
These critical perspectives on population ageing take issue with the demographic determinism (apocalyptic demography) whereby population ageing, specifically the ageing population bulge known as the baby boomers, is viewed as a severe social problem in the making.
0195414659 (pbk.)
00703157
Older people--Social conditions--Canada--Congresses.
Aging--Social aspects--Canada--Congresses.
Older people--Government policy--Canada--Congresses.
Personnes âgées--Conditions sociales--Canada--Congrès.
Vieillissement--Aspect social--Canada--Congrès.
Personnes âgées--Politique gouvernementale--Canada.
Canada--Social policy--Congresses.
Canada--Population--Congresses.
Canada--Politique sociale--Congrès.
Canada--Population--Congrès.
HQ1064.C2 / O94 2000
305.260971 / OVE 2000
Papers from a conference entitled The overselling of population aging: apocalyptic demography and intergenerational challenges, held in May 1998 at Simon Fraser University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; 1. Population and Politics: Voodoo Demography, Population Ageing, and Social Policy ; 2. Three Demographic Stories: Apocalyptic, Opportunistic, and Realistic OR Chicken Little's, Nest Eggies, and Humpty Dumpties ; 3. Alarmist Economics and Women's Pensions: A Case of Semanticide ; 4. Population Ageing and Hospital Days: Will There Be a Problem? ; 5. What Did You Ever Do for Me?: Intergenerational Linkages in a Restructuring Canada ; 6. Ageing Families: Have Current changes and Challenges been Oversold? ; 7. Intergenerational Care Giving: How Apocalyptic and Dominant Demographies Frame the Questions and Shape the Answers ; 8. The Refilled 'Nest': Debunking the Myth of Families-in-Crisis TOC
These critical perspectives on population ageing take issue with the demographic determinism (apocalyptic demography) whereby population ageing, specifically the ageing population bulge known as the baby boomers, is viewed as a severe social problem in the making.
0195414659 (pbk.)
00703157
Older people--Social conditions--Canada--Congresses.
Aging--Social aspects--Canada--Congresses.
Older people--Government policy--Canada--Congresses.
Personnes âgées--Conditions sociales--Canada--Congrès.
Vieillissement--Aspect social--Canada--Congrès.
Personnes âgées--Politique gouvernementale--Canada.
Canada--Social policy--Congresses.
Canada--Population--Congresses.
Canada--Politique sociale--Congrès.
Canada--Population--Congrès.
HQ1064.C2 / O94 2000
305.260971 / OVE 2000