Gender, Pensions and the Lifecourse: How Pensions Need to Adapt to Changing Family Forms

ISBN-13: 9781861343383 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 152 str.

Jay Ginn

Opis

An emerging consensus sees British pension policy as unravelling. Yet the gender impact of expanding private pension provision and relying increasingly on means-testing has been largely overlooked.This book examines key issues such as: how pension choices over the lifecourse are structured by gender, class and ethnicity;the impact of changing patterns of partnership and parenthood on pension building;the distributional impact of privatising pensions;questions about individualisation of rights, survivor benefits, a citizen's pension and means-testing;the EU dimension - comparing alternative strategies for improving gender equity.. vbTab]The book is essential reading for teachers, researchers and students in social gerontology, sociology, social policy and women's studies; practitioners in social work and welfare rights; policy makers concerned with income in later life; and all those who wish to improve their understanding of pensions issues."