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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,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.299kg ISBN: 9781439911334ISBN 10: 1439911339 Pages: 164 Publication Date: 09 January 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Aged Communities 3 What Makes an Aged Community? 4 Conserving Political Knowledge 5 Unconventional Attitudes 6 Powerful or Powerless? 7 Participation or Retreatism? 8 Conclusion Appendix: Supplemental Tables for Chapters 4, 5, and 6 Notes References IndexReviewsIt 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 |
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