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OverviewAs the Baby Boomer generation ages, the number of senior citizens as a proportion of the overall electorate is going to reach record numbers. This fact prompted Brittany Bramlett to ask: When senior citizens make up a large proportion of the local population, are they politically more powerful, or are they perhaps more powerless? In Senior Power or Senior Peril, Bramlett examines the assertions that the increasing number of older adult-concentrated communities across the United States form a growing bloc of senior power that will influence the redistribution of particularized welfare benefits to older adults at the expense of younger people. However, others suggest that political influence declines with old age. Bramlett uses interviews and on-site research at various senior communities to explore what qualities make an aged community politically unique, and the impact of the local aged context on residents' political knowledge, safety-net policy attitudes, efficacy, and political activity. This path-breaking book identifies the political behaviors, attitudes, and political consciousness of both older and younger residents as it recounts the perceived and actual political power of seniors. In the series The Social Logic of Politics, edited by Scott McClurg Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brittany H BramlettPublisher: Temple University Press Imprint: Temple University Press ISBN: 9781322651460ISBN 10: 1322651469 Pages: 164 Publication Date: 01 January 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsIt is refreshing to see such a well written and thoughtful treatment of age from a contextual perspective. I have not seen anything like this, and it is sorely needed in the literature. --Joshua Dyck Author InformationBrittany H. Bramlett is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Albright College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |