As the life expectancy of the average American continues to
increase and the baby-boom generation moves toward retirement, the
near future will see ever larger numbers of older citizens whose
welfare and guarantees of equity and social justice are the
subjects of heated debate in Washington. In recent years Medicare,
Social Security, and other federal programs that aid older
Americans have come under attack by political conservatives who
claim that such programs drain the budget at the expense of people
under age 65. At this critical period in the history of the senior
rights movement, Lawrence Alfred Powell, John B. Williamson, and
Kenneth J. Branco provide a comprehensive and enlightening analysis
of the dynamics of aging-policy reform and its development over the
past two centuries. Using examples of political rhetoric and media
images dating from colonial days to the present, they trace the
conflict between progressive senior-rights advocates and
conservative opponents of reform in order to frame the debate over
societal definitions of fairness and social justice in old age,
emphasizing the role played by symbolic politics in these
struggles. Their account underscores the importance of the symbolic
gestures and countergestures that have been used by both
senior-rights advocates and their opponents to influence the
direction of events and to sway public opinion on aging issues.
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