Ageing in Australia

摘要: Although Australia was one of the first countries1 in Western2 world to introduce pension payments at fixed ages and rates, subject ageing aged has barely existed mainstream debates by governments, media or social behavioral sciences. It is true that 1980s have seen a series reports3 and, for time Australian history, some publications on migrant ageing,4 but what broader issues post-war era? The age stratification, ageist attitudes paradigms rarely entered into discussions ethnicity, class gender. Conversely, even among specialists, policy research seriously under-represented,5 considerations interaction between economic inequalities experiences later life been given ‘inadequate treatment’ study aged. This remarkable blind spot admittedly not peculiar Western world, may question why this so.