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Article name APPROACHES AND DIRECTIONS OF SOCIAL POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF POPULATION AGEING: SPECIFICS OF RUSSIA, CHINA AND THE USA
Authors Beidina T.. ,
Sapozhnikovа T.. ,
Gordeeva T.. candidate of sociological sciences, assistant professor, gordeeva_tn@mail .ru
Popov Y.. ,
Bibliographic description Beydina T., Gordeeva T., Sapozhnikova T., Popov Yu. Approaches and directions of social policy in the context of population ageing: specifics of Russia, China and the USA // Transbaikal State University, 2017, vol. 23,no. 7, pp. 74 -85.
Category Politology
DOI 11.25.40
DOI 10.21209/2227-9245-2017-23-7-74-85
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Annotation The article presents the main approaches and directions of social policy towards the aged population of different countries — Russian Federation, China and USA. The ageing as a social phenomenon leads to contradictory social economical consequences. On the one hand, the growth of demographic burden, increase of pension payments, considerable infrastructural transfers, gerono- phoby of public mentality are obvious. On the other hand, there are changes of social ageing structure, determination of new jobs and professional positions creation because of big growth of aged population, development of economic sector connected with aged people treatment, expansion of communicative interrelationships with other age stratum. In order of two approaches: «development approach» and «approach of care», which are not contradictory but complementary, we offer to look through retrospective review of theoretical inventions of foreign and native explorers of aged population problems from the 20th century until modern times. On the basis of authors’ sociological research the classification of Russian aged people has been made, as consistent with their labor activity and activity rate. The offered classification may be used at social policy development in relation to aged population at the local, regional levels during choosing the specific methods and instruments for making effective managing decisions for special purpose program inventions and target social program and project development. The global problem of aging has been shown by Russian, Chinese and American examples. The specificity of main priorities, in relation to aged population of three countries, which are striving for global leadership, has been distinguished. The discovered features of social policy, oriented to aged people of countries under consideration, are defined by level of their economic development, sociopolitical organization, national and cultural factors. Moreover, the common tends have been defined. Firstly, countries recognize the inconvertibility of demographic ageing, necessity of social policy priorities change and formation of implementation mechanisms. Secondly, during development and implementation of social policy the dissimilarity of aged people groups is taken into account, this is reflected in new and traditional forms of support development, protection and aged population treatment. Thirdly, in every country in greater or lesser degree social policy priorities are moved to the «development approach» and active integration of aged people, but at the same time “approach of care” takes place. The main methods of social policy implementation are presented by the special purpose and project methods, insurance, and governmental-private partnerships
Key words demographic ageing; «ageing» crisis; social processes; social policy; Russian Federation; China; United States, socio-economic consequences; gerontophobic installations; older generation
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