Political Science Perspectives on Aging Policy: A Semester Curriculum
Robert B. Hudson, Boston University
Professor and Chair, Social Welfare Policy
I. Theoretical Perspectives on Social Policy and Aging Policy Development
Gordon, Linda. 1992. "Social Insurance and Public Assistance. The Influence of Gender in Welfare Thought in the United States, 1890-1935," American Historical Review: 19-54.
Hudson, Robert B. 1999. "Conflict in Aging Politics: New Population Encounters Old Ideology." Social Service Review 73(3), 358-379.
Minkler, Meredith and Estes Carroll (Eds.). 1999. Critical Gerontolgy: Perspectives from Political and Moral Economy. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Co.
Wlaker, Alan and Neagele, G. (Eds.). 1999. The Politics of Old Age in Europe. Buckingham, Pa: Open University Press.
Williamson, John and Fred Pampel. 1993. "Theoretical Perspectives on the Welfare State." Chapter 2 in Old Age Security in Comparative Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
II. Historical Development of Public Policies on Aging
Benjamin, A.E. 1993. "An Historical Perspective on Home Care Policy," Milbank Quarterly, 71: 129-56.
Derthick, Martha. 1979. Policymaking for Social Security. selected chapters.
Derthick, Martha. 1978. "How Easy Votes on Social Security Came to an End," The Public Interest.
Marmor, Theodore. 1973. "The Origins of Medicare," "The Politics of Legislative Certainty," and "The Outcome of 1965." Chapters 1, 4, and 5 in The Politics of Medicare. Chicago: Aldine.
Vladeck, Bruce. 1980. "A Political History of Nursing Homes." Chapter 2 in Unloving Care. New York: Basic Books.
III. The Unorganized Aging in Politics
Alwin, Duane F. 1998. "The Political Imaspt of the Baby Boom: Are There Persistent Generational Differenves in Political Beliefs and Behavior?" Generations, 22(1), 46-54.
Binstock, Robert H. 2000. "Older People and Voting Participation: Past and Future." Gerontolgist, 40(1) 18-31.
Binstock, Robert H. and Christine Day. 1995. "Politics and Aging." In R.H. Binstock and L. George (eds.), Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences (4th Ed.). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Button, James W. 1992. "A Sign of Generational Conflict: The Impact of Florida's Aging Voters on Local School and Tax Referenda," Social Science Quarterly, 73: 786-797.
Cook, Fay Lomax and Edith Barrett. 1992. "Explanations of Support for Social Welfare." Chapter 2 in Support for the American Welfare State. New York: Columbia University Press.
Peterson, Steven A. and Albert Somit. 1994. "The Political Behavior of the Aged: What We Don't Know and Why." Chapter 2 in The Political Behavior of Older Americans. New York: Garland.
IV. The Organized Aging in Politics
Estes, Carroll. The Aging Enterprise. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Powell, Lawrence, Kenneth Branco, and John B. Williamson. 1996. "The Incipient Senior Rights Movement: Legitimatizing Pensions in the Public Mind" and "Old Age and the New Right: Resisting Attempts to Delegitimize Social Security." Chapters 3 and 7 in The Senior Rights Movement. New York: Twayne.
Pratt, Henry J. 1993. Introduction. Chapter 1 in Gray Agendas. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
V. Theoretical Perspectives on the Politics/Policy Nexus
Lowi, Theodore. 1967. "The New Public Philosophy: Interest Group Liberalism," American Political Science Review, 61: 3-27.
Pierson, Paul. 1993. "When Effect Becomes Cause: 'Policy Feedback' and Political Change," World Politics: 595-628.
Walker, Jack. 1983. "The Origins and Maintenance of Interest Groups in America," American Political Science Review, 77: 390-406.
Wilson, James Q. 1973. Political Organizations. New York: Basic Books.
VI. The Politics/Policy Nexus in Aging
Binstock, Robert H. 1972. "Interest Group Liberalism and the Politics of Aging," The Gerontologist, 12: 265-280.
Hudson, Robert B. 1998. "Privatizing Old-Age Benefits: Re-Emergent Ideology Encounters Organized Interest." In J.G. Gonyea (ed.), Resecuring Social Security and Medicare: Understanding Privatization and Risk. Washington, DC: Gerontological Society of America.
Pratt, Henry J. 1993. "Phase Four in the United States." Chapter 8 in Gray Agendas. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
VII. The Case for 'Generational Inequity'
Kotlikoff, Laurence. 1996. "Generational Accounting," Public Policy and Aging Report, 7(4): 1ff.
Lamm, Richard and Heather Lamm. 1996. "The Challenge of an Aging Society," Public Policy and Aging Report, 7(4): 1ff.
Preston, Samuel. 1984. "Children and the Elderly in the U.S.," Scientific American, 251(6): 44-49.
Thomson, David. 1989. "The Welfare State and Generation Conflict." In P. Johnson, C. Conrad, and D. Thomson (eds.), Workers and Pensioners. New York: St. Martins.
VIII. The Case Against 'Generational Inequity'
Leone, Richard. 1996. "America Can Afford to Grow Old," Public Policy and Aging Report, 7(4): 1ff.
Marmor, Theodore, Jerry Mashaw, and Philip Harvey. 1990. "Crisis and the Welfare State." Chapter 3 in America's Misunderstood Welfare State. New York: Basic Books.
Quadago, Jill. 1989. "Generational Conflict and the Politics of the Welfare State," Politics and Society, 17: 353-376.
IX. The Place for Chronological Age as a Basis for Policy Allocation
Binstock, Robert H. 1983. "The Aged as Scapegoat," The Gerontologist, 23: 136-141.
Holstein, Martha. 1997. "Ethics and Public Policy: A Normative Defense of Age-Based Entitlements." In R.B. Hudson (ed.), The Future of Age-Based Public Policy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Hudson, Robert B. 1997. "The History and Place of Age-Based Public Policy." In R.B. Hudson (ed.), The Future of Age-Based Public Policy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Moon, Marilyn. 1997. "Does Medicare Make Sense as an Age-Related Program?" In R.B. Hudson (ed.), The Future of Age-Based Public Policy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
X. The Competing Bases for Policy Allocation
Fraser, Nancy and Linda Gordon. 1992. "Contract versus Charity: Why is There No Social Citizenship in the United States?" Socialist Review, 22: 45-67.
Street, Debra. 1999. "Special Interests of Citizens' Rights? "Senior Power," Social Security and Medicare." In M. Minkler and C. Estes (Eds.), Critical Gerontology. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing, pp. 109-130.
Starobin, Paul. 1999 (March 28). "The Daddy State." National Journal, 678-683.
Thompson, Lawrence. 1994. "The Roles of Social Insurance, Tax Expenditures, Mandates, and Means-Testing." In R.B. Friedland, L.M. Ethridge, and B.C. Vladeck (eds.), Social Welfare at the Crossroads. Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance.
XI. Assessing Aging-Related Policies
Aaron, Henry. 2000. "The Centenarian Boom: Providing for Retirement in a Long-Lived America." The Brooking Review 18(2), 22-25.
Holden, Karen C. and Timothy M. Smeeding. 1990. "The Poor, the Rich, and the Insecure Elderly Caught in Between," Milbank Quarterly, 68: 383-411.
Hudson, Robert B. 1993. "Social Contingencies, the Aged, and Public Policy," Milbank Quarterly, 71(3): 252-277.
Kingson, Eric R. and Schulz, James H. (Eds.). 1997. Social Security in the 21st Century. New York: Oxford Univeristy Press.
Neuman, Patricia, Diane Rowlan, Michelle Kitchman, and Derw Altman. 1999. "Understanding the Diverse Needs of the Medicare Population: Implications for Medicare Reform. Journal of Aging and Social Policy. 10(4), 25-50.
Sloan, Frank A. and May W. Shayne. 1993. "Long-Term Care, Medicaid, and Impoverishment of the Elderly," Milbank Quarterly, 71(4): 575-600.
XII. Issues Between Public and Private Sectors
Moon, Marilyn, 1998. "Privatization, Individualization, and Social Insurance." In J.G. Gonyea (ed.), Resecuring Social Security and Medicare: Understanding Privatization and Risk. Washington, DC: Gerontological Society of America.
Salisbury, Dallas. 1998. "What Can Employment Do for Retirement Security: Lessons of History." In J.G. Gonyea (ed.), Resecuring Social Security and Medicare: Understanding Privatization and Risk. Washington, DC: Gerontological Society of America.
XIII. Issues Between Formal and Informal Sectors
Foster, Susan E. and Jack A. Brizius. 1993. "Caring Too Much? American Women and the Nation's Caregiving Crisis." In J. Allen and A. Pifer (eds.), Women on the Front Lines: Meeting the Challenges of an Aging America. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Gonyea, Judith G. 1994. "Making Gender Visible in Public Policy." In E. Thompson (ed.), Older Men's Lives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Kane, Rosalie. 1995. "Expanding the Home Care Concept: Blurring Distinctions Among Home Care, Institutional Care, and Other Long-Term Care Services," Milbank Quarterly, 73(2): 161-181.
Tennstedt, Sharon, Sybil L. Crawford, and John B. McKinlay. 1993. "Is Family Care on the Decline?" Milbank Quarterly, 71(4): 601-624.
