Making of Ageing Policy

Edited by Rune Ervik, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS and Tord Skogedal Lindén, Department of Social Science, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway

• Contents:Preface1. Introducing Ageing Policy: Challenges, Ideas and Responses in EuropeRune Ervik and Tord Skogedal Lindén2. Active Ageing: Rhetoric, Theory and PracticeAlan Walker and Liam Foster3. Ageing Policy Ideas in the Field of Health and Long-term Care. Comparing the EU, the OECD and the WHONanna Kildal and Even Nilssen4. Powerless Observers? Policy-makers’ Views on the Inclusion of Older People’s Interest Organizations in the Ageing Policy Process in IrelandMartha Doyle and Virpi Timonen5. Pension Policy Recommendations of Governmental Commissions in Norway, Denmark, Germany and the UKTord Skogedal Lindén6. Did the Transition to a Market Economy and EU Membership have an Impact on Active Ageing Policy in Poland?Anna Ruzik-Sierdzińska, Jolanta Perek-Białas and Konrad Turek7. Catching up with the Pioneers – Germany’s New Activation CompromiseChristof Schiller8. Policy Paradigms and Ideological Frames in British and Norwegian Ageing Policy ProcessesRune Ervik and Ingrid Helgøy9. Ageing and Long-term Care in Poland and Italy: A Comparative AnalysisZuzanna Drożdżak, Maria Gabriella Melchiorre, Jolanta Perek-Białas, Andrea Principi and Giovanni Lamura 10. Strategies to Meet Long-term Care Needs in Norway, the UK and Germany: A Changing Mix of Institutional ResponsibilityRune Ervik, Ingrid Helgøy and Tord Skogedal Lindén11. The Making of Ageing Policy: Framing, Conceptual Ambiguities and National Policy DevelopmentsRune Ervik and Tord Skogedal LindénIndex

'This innovative book provides insightful analyses and critique of policy ideas and practices regarding the challenges and opportunities facing ageing European societies. Through pertinent case study examples, it elucidates the ideological and institutional factors that underlie policy responses in different European societies. It demonstrates the pivotal role of ideas and of international organisations in shaping the policy and practice landscape, and driving through key policy reforms in Europe. This edited book provides an invaluable resource for policy-makers, researchers and scholars interested in ageing, policy and the political process'--Sara Arber, University of Surrey UK'I would recommend this book to readers on its own merits as providing a solid and insightful analysis of ageing policies across a range of countries.'--Social Policy and Administration