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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2021

Scott L. Greer ,
Julia Lynch ,
Aaron Reeves ,
Michelle Falkenbach ,
Jane Gingrich ,
Jonathan Cylus  and
Clare Bambra
Scott L. Greer
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Julia Lynch
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
Aaron Reeves
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Michelle Falkenbach
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jane Gingrich
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Jonathan Cylus
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Clare Bambra
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne

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Ageing and Health
The Politics of Better Policies
 , pp. ix - xii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021
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Contents

  1. List of Figures

  2. List of Tables

  3. List of Boxes

  4. Acknowledgements

  5. 1Introduction

    1. 1.1Two Very Different Narratives Depicting Ageing Societies

    2. 1.2What Are the Consequences of Seeing Population Ageing in a Negative Light?

    3. 1.3Are Policy Concerns about Population Ageing Evidence-Based?

      1. 1.3.1Population Ageing Will Not Become a Major Driver of Health Expenditure Growth

      2. 1.3.2Population Ageing Will Lead to Changes in Paid and Unpaid Work, but These Can Be Managed

    4. 1.4The Coronavirus Pandemic: Intergenerational Conflict or Revealing Consequences of Longstanding Inequalities?

    5. 1.5Win-Win Policy and Politics: the Life-Course Approach

    6. 1.6The Book in Brief

    7. 1.7Conclusion

  6. 2Older People in Europe

    1. 2.1Diversity and Inequality

      1. 2.1.1Income Insecurity Varies across the European Region, but It Is Better to Be on the Margins in Northern & Western Europe Than in Eastern Europe

      2. 2.1.2Most Older People Are Not in Paid Work but the Odds of Not Working Are Higher in Eastern Europe Than in Northern & Western Europe

      3. 2.1.3Older People in Eastern Europe Are Most Likely to Live in Multigenerational Households

      4. 2.1.4The Health of Older People Varies across Regions

    2. 2.2What Do Commonly Used Data Say about Population Ageing and its Effects on Society?

  7. 3Ageing Equally: Politics, Health and Solidarity

    1. 3.1The ‘Greedy Geezer’ Narrative

    2. 3.2The Demand-Side Explanation for Win-Lose Policies: Partially, but Only Partially, Correct

      1. 3.2.1Older People Do Make Up a Large Share of Voters

      2. 3.2.2Sometimes Older Adults Prefer Win-Lose Policies, and Act Politically to Try to Get Them

      3. 3.2.3Social Policy Preferences of Older and Younger People Are Often Not as Different As We Expect

    3. 3.3Older Voters Do Not Vote As a Bloc

    4. 3.4The Supply-Side Explanation for Win-Lose Policies Is Also Partly, but Only Partly, Right

      1. 3.4.1There Is Some Evidence of Politicians Responding to Demands from Older Voters When Making Social Policy Choices

      2. 3.4.2Policy Is Mainly a Response to Factors Other Than Pressure from Older People

    5. 3.5Weighing the Evidence

      1. 3.5.1Are Older People ‘Greedy’, Rationally Demanding or Deserving?

      2. 3.5.2Social Policies Generally Result Mainly from Considerations Unrelated to Demand from Voters

    6. 3.6Conclusion

    7. 3.7Appendix

  8. 4The Coalitional Politics of Win-Wins

    1. 4.1Introduction

      1. 4.1.1Intra- and Intergenerational Solidarity Across Europe

    2. 4.2Intra- and Intergenerational Solidarity in an Era of Austerity

    3. 4.3The Politics of Healthy Ageing

      1. 4.3.1Why is the Win-Win So Difficult to Achieve?

    4. 4.4Coalitions and Healthy Ageing

    5. 4.5New Challenges

    6. 4.6Conclusion

  9. 5 Unequal Ageing: the Politics of Ageing As the Politics of Health Inequalities

    1. 5.1Introduction

    2. 5.2Unequal Ageing: Who Gets to Be Old?

      1. 5.2.1Gender Inequalities in Health

      2. 5.2.2Ethnic Inequalities in Health

      3. 5.2.3Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health

      4. 5.2.4Geographical Inequalities in Health

      5. 5.2.5Intersectional Inequalities

      6. 5.2.6Trends in Health Inequalities

      7. 5.2.7COVID-19 Pandemic and Health Inequalities

    3. 5.3What Causes Health Inequalities?

      1. 5.3.1Material Resources: the Social Determinants of Health

      2. 5.3.2Explaining Geographic Inequalities in Health

    4. 5.4Beyond the Social Position and Place: the Political Economy Approach

    5. 5.5Conclusion

  10. 6 The Implications of Win-Win and Win-Lose Policies for the ‘Ageing Crisis’

    1. 6.1Introduction

    2. 6.2Win-Win Policies and Healthy Ageing

      1. 6.2.1The English Health Inequalities Strategy as a Win-Win Strategy

      2. 6.2.2German Reunification: Drawing Lessons from an Unusual Win-Win

    3. 6.3Win-Lose Policies and the Implications for Healthy Ageing

      1. 6.3.1Austerity Politics and Ageing in the UK

      2. 6.3.2Health Inequalities and the Americanization of European Political Economy

    4. 6.4Conclusion

  11. 7Conclusion

    1. 7.1Tearing Down Straw Men

    2. 7.2Equity, Intergenerational and Other

    3. 7.3After the Straw Men: Understanding the Politics of Ageing and Health

    4. 7.4Getting to a Win-Win

  12. Bibliography

  13. Index

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