Population aging and intergenerational solidarity: international policy frameworks and European public opinion
Population aging and intergenerational solidarity: international policy frameworks and European public opinion
The population aging challenges facing the European Union countries have been articulated in two ways: the financial sustainability of public welfare systems and the adequacy of retirement incomes and social services. The ideas underlying social sustainability, though less clearly defined, encompass not just both of these challenges but also address the need to ensure intergenerational solidarity, formally or informally, in countries experiencing aging populations. This paper identifies policy challenges put forward by the United Nations and by the European Union regarding that need while also reporting on the opinions of European citizens on various aspects of intergenerational solidarity.
population aging, intergenerational solidarity, UN
policy frameworks
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Zaidi, Asghar
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Gasior, Katrin
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Manchin, Robert
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2012
Zaidi, Asghar
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Gasior, Katrin
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Manchin, Robert
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Zaidi, Asghar, Gasior, Katrin and Manchin, Robert
(2012)
Population aging and intergenerational solidarity: international policy frameworks and European public opinion.
[in special issue: Active ageing and intergenerational solidarity between generations in Europe: celebrating the European year 2012]
Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 10 (3), .
(doi:10.1080/15350770.2012.697845).
Abstract
The population aging challenges facing the European Union countries have been articulated in two ways: the financial sustainability of public welfare systems and the adequacy of retirement incomes and social services. The ideas underlying social sustainability, though less clearly defined, encompass not just both of these challenges but also address the need to ensure intergenerational solidarity, formally or informally, in countries experiencing aging populations. This paper identifies policy challenges put forward by the United Nations and by the European Union regarding that need while also reporting on the opinions of European citizens on various aspects of intergenerational solidarity.
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Published date: 2012
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population aging, intergenerational solidarity, UN
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/347020
ISSN: 1535-0770
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