The Imaginary Time Bomb: Why an Ageing Population Is Not a Social Problem - Couverture souple

Mullan, Phil; Furedi, Professor Frank

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1860647782 ISBN 13 : 9781860647789

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2002

Synopsis

The Imaginary Time Bomb diffuses the myth that the aging baby-boomer population is producing a downward economic spiral. Phil Mullan argues that the growing preoccupation with aging has little to do with demography, but is instead used to justify future reductions in the role of government in the economy, and the curbing of the welfare state.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Frank Furedi is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, UK. He is the author of fourteen books including Why Education isn't Educating (2010), The Politics of Fear (2007), Where have all the Intellectuals Gone? (2005), Therapy Culture (2003) and Paranoid Parenting (2001). Furedi's books offer an authoritative yet lively account of key developments in contemporary cultural life, with a particular interest in precautionary culture and risk aversion in the West. He is the UK sociologist most widely cited by the UK media and his books have been translated into eleven languages. He appears frequently on television and radio in the English speaking world and beyond and he publishes regular articles with a range of newspapers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1860647782
• ISBN 13: 9781860647789
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: EDITIONS GALLIMARD; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italie