Public Policy Opinion and the Elderly, 1952-1978 A Kaleidoscope of Culture

Subjects:

• Sociology » Gerontology

Reviews:

• The author examines older Americans and public policy opinion between 1952 and 1978 in order to see just where elder citizens fit in the overall picture. Differences and similarities to opinions of younger groups are discussed along with the changes that took place from the conservative fifties to the liberal sixties and early seventies and back again to the conservatism of the late seventies. A unique feature of this book is the use of multiple questionnaire results. Repeated questions are used to see how opinions change over time.
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Table of Contents:

• Charts
• Introduction
• Cultural Conflict, Cultural Change, and the Elderly
• A Kaleidoscope of Culture
• A Conflict Theory of Values
• Policy-Value Conflicts in American Society
• Policy Opinion and the Elderly: 1952-1978
• The Eclipse of Public Function
• Righting Civil Wrongs
• The Wavering of Traditional Commitments
• Patterns in the Stones
• The Mosaic of Culture
• The Personal Roots of Commitment
• American Values and the Elderly
• Appendices: Frequency Data for Floating Bar Charts; International Comparison--Germany and Japan; A List of Questions from the National Election Study, University of Michigan, and the Gallop Poll; Data and Method; Factor Analysis and Techniques