Description
(Short description)
Zu den zentralen Themen der Sozialpolitik zählt die Frage nach sozialer Gerechtigkeit in einer alternden Gesellschaft. Cornelius Torp geht dem Wechselverhältnis von sozialer Ungleichheit, Vorstellungen sozialer Gerechtigkeit und wohlfahrtsstaatlichen Institutionen nach. Für Deutschland und Großbritannien beschreibt er die zahlreichen Reformen und die sie begleitenden Debatten seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Empirisch fundiert und mit analytischer Tiefenschärfe ist dieses Buch gesellschaftstheoretische Analyse und Sozialgeschichte des Alters in einem. Dieses Buch bietet eine profunde historische Darstellung des Problemkomplexes Demographische Alterung und Alterssicherung.
(Text)
The overall demographic aging of society and deciding how to provide for the elderly are some of the most important themes of modern social politics. This volume represents a profound exposition of the historical development of these problems. One of the central themes of modern social politics is the question of how to maintain social justice in an aging society. Cornelius Torp looks at the relationship between social inequality, perceptions of social justice, and institutions of the welfare state. He describes the many reforms that were enacted in Germany and Great Britain since the end of World War II. This volume represents a well-founded and analytical examination of the socio-theoretical background as well as a look at the social history of aging.
(Short description)
A history and analysis of the controversial subject of welfare in old age, the solidarity of the welfare state, and the history and structure of a social achievement.
(Text)
The overall demographic aging of society and deciding how to provide for the elderly are some of the most important themes of modern social politics. This volume represents a profound exposition of the historical development of these problems.
One of the central themes of modern social politics is the question of how to maintain social justice in an aging society. Cornelius Torp looks at the relationship between social inequality, perceptions of social justice, and institutions of the welfare state. He describes the many reforms that were enacted in Germany and Great Britain since the end of World War II. This volume represents a well-founded and analytical examination of the socio-theoretical background as well as a look at the social history of aging.
(Author portrait)
PD Dr. Cornelius Torp ist Hannah-Arendt-Gastprofessor an der University of Toronto.
