title: The globalization of capital, the welfare state, and old age policy.
abstract: A new political economy is shaping the lives of present and future generations of older people. The key change has been the move from the mass institutions that defined growing old in the period from 1945 through the late 1970s to the more individualized structures--privatized pensions, privatized health and social care--that increasingly inform the current period. The authors examine the role of international governmental organizations in promoting this trend, with examples drawn from the work of the World Bank, World Trade Organization, and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the relationship between international governmental organizations and the state. The article concludes with an assessment of the changes to citizenship that accompany globalization and the implications for political organization among older people themselves.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: Carroll L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Estes
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Phillipson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D030861:Capitalism; D002961:Civil Rights; D019049:Developed Countries; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D007391:International Cooperation; D006278:Medicare; D010415:Pensions; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011332:Privatization; D011640:Public Policy; D012943:Social Security; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D012950:Socialism / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D014480:United Nations; D014481:United States