1998 APSA Meeting Panel

The Aging Policy and Politics Group sponsored one panel and a luncheon meeting at the 1998 APSA annual meetings Labor Day weekend in Boston.

Panel 1 Aging Toward the 21st Century, Friday, September 4, 1998.
Chair: Christine L. Day, University of New Orleans
Papers:

"Swallowing Hard: Cures for Ineffective but Popular Policies: The Case of Home Care Subsidies," William G. Weissert, University of Michigan
"Elder Abuse: Definition, Development and Extent,": Cynthia Zeliff Massie, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg
"An AARP Letter a Day Keeps the Budget Cutters Away (?): Medicare, Congress, and the Aged Constituency," Thomas Schlesinger, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
"The Conflict in Today's Aging Politics: New Population Encounters Old Ideology," Robert Hudson, Boston University

Disc: Laura Katz Olson, Lehigh University

Friday, September 4, 1998, Lunch and Business Meeting, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

1999 APSA Meeting Panel --
Deadline 1/1/99!

We will be having a panel at the 1999 APSA meetings in Atlanta and would welcome paper proposals. The deadline for proposals is January 1, 1999.

Send paper proposals to Prof. Laura Olson, Department of Political Science, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3080 or email to Lko1@lehigh.edu

Created by J. T. Anagnoson. Last update: 8/19/98