When Strangers Become Family - Ronald Angel, Verónica Montes-de-Oca Zavala

When Strangers Become Family

The Role of Civil Society in Addressing the Needs of Aging Populations
Buch | Softcover
258 Seiten
2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-45999-4 (ISBN)
44,85 inkl. MwSt
This book examines the role of civil society organizations in defending the rights and addressing the needs of vulenerable groups, paying close attention to services for the elderly. The authors build on theories of state and non-governmental organizations to examine roles in the social contexts of Mexico and the U.S.
As the 21st Century unfolds, the traditional welfare state that evolved during the 20th Century faces serious threats to the solidarity that social programs were meant to strengthen. The rise of populist and nationalist parties reflects the decline of a sense of belonging and inclusiveness that mass education and economic progress were meant to foster, as traditional politics and parties are rejected by working- and middle-class individuals who were previously their staunchest supporters. Increasingly, these groups reject the growing gaps in income, power, and privilege that they perceive between themselves and highly educated and cosmopolitan business, academic, and political elites.

When Strangers Become Family examines the potential role of civil society organizations in guaranteeing the rights and addressing the needs of vulnerable groups, paying particular attention to their role in advocacy for and service delivery to older people. The book includes a discussion of the origins and functions of this sector that focuses on the relationship between the state and non-governmental organizations, as well as a close examination of Mexico – a middle-income nation with a rapidly aging population and limited state welfare for older people. The data reveals important aspects of the relationship among government actors, civil society organizations, and political parties. Ronald Angel and Verónica Montes-de-Oca Zavala ask the fundamental question about the extent to which civil society organizations represent a potential mechanism whereby vulnerable individuals can join together to further their own interests and exercise their individual and group autonomy.

Ronald J. Angel is Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas-Austin and coauthor, along with Jacqueline L. Angel, of Family, Intergenerational Solidarity, and Post-Traditional Society and Latinos in an Aging World. Verónica Montes-de-Oca Zavala is Professor of Sociology and Demography at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). She is the author of Envejecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe. UNAM and Oxford Institute of Ageing Population.

1. Struggling Collectively for Truth and Justice

2. Defamilisation and the Welfare State

3. Elder Rights in the Context of the New Human Rights Discourse

4. Active Aging and Citizenship

5. The Political and Legal Contexts of Eldercare in Mexico

6. Labor Unions and the Struggle for Political Power

7. Improving the Quality of Life

8. The Expanding Human Rights Agenda

9. Illiberal Democracy and the Future of Civil Society

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Aging and Society
Zusatzinfo 1 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 371 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 0-367-45999-X / 036745999X
ISBN-13 978-0-367-45999-4 / 9780367459994
Zustand Neuware
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