Ageing without ageism: Conceptual puzzles and policy proposals

Abstract

This book aims to contribute to the essential and ongoing discussion on age, ageism, population ageing, and public policy. It demonstrates the breadth of the challenges of this subject by covering a wide range of policy areas, from health care to old-age support, from democratic participation to education, from family policy to taxation and fiscal policy. Its short, incisive chapters bridge the distance between academia and public life by putting in dialogue fresh philosophical analyses and new specific policy proposals. The book’s contributors provide a multidisciplinary discussion, with authors from backgrounds in philosophy, political science, sociology, economics, and law.