Ageing and social policies in times of crisis

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ID6169474
AuthorsLuis Capucha (0000-0002-4173-9309, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, corresponding author)
Year1970
Issue74
Publication date1970-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociologia Problemas e Práticas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0873-6529 • E-ISSN: 2182-7907
PublisherEditora Mundos Sociais (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.7458/spp2014743203
OpenAlexW2057598933
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

The ageing of the populations at the top of the age structure is a result of the relationship between social policies and longevity, and is posing new challenges to the sustainability of health and pension systems. The response to these challenges has been taking the shape of austerity policies that are not sparing the elderly. This backwards step in the quality of social policies has been degrading people’s living conditions and harming their rights, without resolving the problem of how to finance the state. An alternative may entail reforms that see the state as an investment and a factor for growth and well-being

Ageing society · Austerity · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Investment (military · Labour economics · Longevity · Market economy · Pension · Pension system · Political science · Public economics · Social policy · Social protection · State (computer science · Sustainability · Global Health Care Issues · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Finance · Gerontology

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