What are the basic tenets of the political economy of aging? How does this perspective frame the relationship between the aging population and the broader society?
What will be an ideal response?
The basic tenets of the political economy of aging are:
• an older person's sense of worth and power is shaped by the broader social structure;
• labels attached to the elderly affect not only their beliefs about themselves but also the way society creates public policies for them;
• inequalities within society are reflected in the social policies and politics of aging. As a result, these policies enforce group-based advantages and disadvantages consistent with those in the larger society; and
• dominant political and economic ideological beliefs that reinforce advantages and disadvantages in the larger society are the basis for social policy.
This perspective thus frames the relationship between the aging population and the larger society as one in which broader social and economic inequalities dominate the creation of social policy. In addition, older-age populations experience the generally negative impact that labeling can have on their lives and opportunities.
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