Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies

Taylor & Francis

Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial DemocraciesComparative Studies of Policies and Politics\nAuthor(s): Pieter Vanhuysse, Achim Goerres\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138803473, 978-1138803473\nSynopsis\nMost advanced democracies are currently experiencing accelerated population ageing, which fundamentally changes not just their demographic composition; it can also be expected to have far-reaching political and policy consequences.\n\nThis volume brings together an expert set of scholars from Europe and North America to investigate generational politics and public policies within an approach explicitly focusing on comparative political science. This theoretically unified text examines changing electoral policy demands due to demographic ageing, and features analysis of USA, UK, Japan, Germany, Italy and all major EU countries.\n\nAs the first sustained political science analysis of population ageing, this mo.