The Making of Ageing Policy

'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

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

Contents: Preface 1. Introducing Ageing Policy: Challenges, Ideas and Responses in Europe Rune Ervik and Tord Skogedal Linden 2. Active Ageing: Rhetoric, Theory and Practice Alan Walker and Liam Foster 3. Ageing Policy Ideas in the Field of Health and Long-term Care. Comparing the EU, the OECD and the WHO Nanna Kildal and Even Nilssen 4. Powerless Observers? Policy-makers' Views on the Inclusion of Older People's Interest Organizations in the Ageing Policy Process in Ireland Martha Doyle and Virpi Timonen 5. Pension Policy Recommendations of Governmental Commissions in Norway, Denmark, Germany and the UK Tord Skogedal Linden 6. Did the Transition to a Market Economy and EU Membership have an Impact on Active Ageing Policy in Poland? Anna Ruzik-Sierdzinska, Jolanta Perek-Bialas and Konrad Turek 7. Catching up with the Pioneers - Germany's New Activation Compromise Christof Schiller 8. Policy Paradigms and Ideological Frames in British and Norwegian Ageing Policy Processes Rune Ervik and Ingrid Helgoy 9. Ageing and Long-term Care in Poland and Italy: A Comparative Analysis Zuzanna Drozdzak, Maria Gabriella Melchiorre, Jolanta Perek-Bialas, Andrea Principi and Giovanni Lamura 10. Strategies to Meet Long-term Care Needs in Norway, the UK and Germany: A Changing Mix of Institutional Responsibility Rune Ervik, Ingrid Helgoy and Tord Skogedal Linden 11. The Making of Ageing Policy: Framing, Conceptual Ambiguities and National Policy Developments Rune Ervik and Tord Skogedal Linden Index