Aging and the Future of American Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9775827 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert H Binstock (Brandeis University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 415 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 199-212 |
| Publication date | 1974-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271627441500115 |
| OpenAlex | W2128784665 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
Trends suggesting a dramatic increase in the pro portion of aging Americans have brought attention to the pos sibility of gains in "senior power." Consideration of this possi bility is most appropriately focused on voting and interest group politics, the political activities which have bases in large categories of citizens. Examination of electoral politics suggests there is no sound reason to expect the aging will gain power by voting more cohesively in the future. The most pow erful likely result for interest group politics is that organiza tions based on aging members, consumers, clients, and sub jects for study will have credentials to participate in the poli tics of a broader range of interest group arenas than they do now. At most, some roles in the political system may be ex changed, and some aging citizens as well as aging interest groups may achieve incremental gains in the playing out of what Lowi has characterized as interest-group liberalism. A more important political implication of increased numbers of the aging is the concomitant increase in services and facilities they will need. If government responds to those needs, how ever, it will be because of pervasive ideological considera tions and not because it is pushed to do so by so-called senior power
Government (linguistics · Ideology · Interest group · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public relations · Sociology · Voting · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
Demography and Social Inequality
Mental health characteristics and acceptance-rejection of old age
Ascribed and Achieved Bases of Stratification
Informal Support Systems for the Aged
The Meaning Ascribed to the Aging Phenomena by Mayors in Israel
Grey power
Symbolic politics and white house conferences on aging
The Impact of Population Dynamics on Public Policy
Communes and the Aging
Interest Groups
Demographic, Social-Psychological, and Political Factors in the Politics of Aging
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1975 - 2020 (46) |
| Highly cited | No |