Full Description
There is a complex set of public policies and associated programs that constitute the social safety net in the United States. In Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies, the authors encourage others to systematically consider the influence of policies and programs on lives, aging, and the life course, and how the consequences might vary by gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, and social class.
The volume aims to foster an appreciation of how policy influences connect and condition the life course. Chapters examine issues relating to health, housing, food security, crime, employment, and care work, amongst other issues, and demonstrate how the principles of the life-course perspective and cumulative inequality theory can be used to inform contemporary public policy debates.
Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies will be a great resource for students of gerontology, sociology, demography, social work, public health and public policy, as well as policy makers, researchers in think tanks, and advocates, who are concerned with age-based policy.
Contents
Foreword Jennifer Karas Montez Preface Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London 1. An Introduction to Life Course Perspectives on Public Policies Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London 2. Process, Policy and Unintended Consequences: The Life Course Patterning of Cumulative (Dis)Advantage Dale Dannefer and Chengming Han 3. Structural Sexism and Life Course Health: Implications for Public Policy Patricia Homan 4. Wealth Policy as Health Policy: A Population Aging Perspective and Racial Equity Perspective Courtney Boen 5. Understanding the Role of Housing Policy in Life-Course Health: HUD Rental Assistance and Health Outcomes for Children and Adults Andrew Fenelon 6. U.S. Food and Nutrition Policy Across the Life Course Colleen Heflin 7. Crime and Delinquency over the Life Course: Adolescence, Peers, and Policy Jason P. Robey and Michael Massoglia 8. Immigration Policies and the Health of the Older Foreign-Born in the United States Zoya Gubernskaya 9. The Future of Long-term Care in the Latino Population: Where Will the Burden Fall? Jacqueline L. Angel and Sunshine M. Rote 10. How Social Policies Affect Grandparent Care Work Madonna Harrington Meyer and Amra Kandic 11. Social Policies for Older Workers Debra Street and Áine Ní Léime
