TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gee,Ellen Margaret Thomas
AU  - Gutman,Gloria M.
TI  - The overselling of population aging: apocalyptic demography, intergenerational challenges, and social policy 
SN  - 0195414659 (pbk.)
AV  - HQ1064.C2 O94 2000
U1  - 305.260971 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Don Mills, Ont., New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Older people
KW  - Canada
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Aging
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Personnes âgées
KW  - Conditions sociales
KW  - Congrès
KW  - Vieillissement
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Population
KW  - Politique sociale
N1  - 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; TOC; 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; MPRHGD
N2  - 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.
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0611/00703157-t.html
UR  - http://www.worldcat.org/title/overselling-of-population-aging-apocalyptic-demography-intergenerational-challenges-and-social-policy/oclc/43275958&referer=brief_results
ER  -