Interest-Group Liberalism and the Politics of Aging
- 1 September 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 12 (3 Part 1) , 265-280
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/12.3_part_1.265
Abstract
The organizations active in the politics of aging, and the aged voter, have their “fair share” of access to power in American national politics, as measured by customary standards. Yet their seeming political equality does little to redress the problems of the severely disadvantaged aged. This examination of the politics of aging suggests that “representation” by elected officials and “representation” through the bargaining of organized groups have little to do with major sources of power and ultimate issues of social justice.Keywords
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