{"product_id":"senior-power-or-senior-peril-brittany-h-bramlett-9781439911341","title":"Senior Power or Senior Peril: Aged Communities and American Society in the Twenty-First Century","description":"As the Baby Boomer generation ages, the number of senior citizens as a proportion of the overall electorate is going to reach record numbers. This fact prompted Brittany Bramlett to ask: When senior citizens make up a large proportion of the local population, are they politically more powerful, or are they perhaps more powerless? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSenior Power or Senior Peril, \u003c\/i\u003e Bramlett examines the assertions that the increasing number of older adult-concentrated communities across the United States form a growing bloc of senior power that will influence the redistribution of particularized welfare benefits to older adults at the expense of younger people. However, others suggest that political influence declines with old age. Bramlett uses interviews and on-site research at various senior communities to explore what qualities make an aged community politically unique, and the impact of the local aged context on residents' political knowledge, safety-net policy attitudes, efficacy, and political activity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This path-breaking book identifies the political behaviors, attitudes, and political consciousness of both older and younger residents as it recounts the perceived and actual political power of seniors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the series The Social Logic of Politics, edited by Scott McClurg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brittany H. Bramlett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439911347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439911341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015","brand":"Brittany H. Bramlett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439155949823,"sku":"9781439911341","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_923505d8-4fdc-476d-8386-f51930d05ec2.jpg?v=1777175808","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/senior-power-or-senior-peril-brittany-h-bramlett-9781439911341","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}