The politics of a majority-minority nation : aging, diversity, and immigration / Juan Fernando Torres-Gil, PhD, Jacqueline L. Angel, PhD.

"This book takes on a new phenomenon facing the United States and poses the stark question: Will the United States be prepared by 2050, when its older population doubles and we become a majority-minority society? This book illuminates the changes and challenges that face the nation by concisely addr...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Critical topics in an aging society.
Main Authors: Torres-Gil, Juan Fernando (Author)
Angel, Jacqueline Lowe (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2019]
Series:Critical topics in an aging society.
Subjects:
United States > Population.
Population forecasting > United States.
Population.
Population forecasting.
United States.
Physical Description:xxii, 202 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Momentous changes
  • Demography of the next America
  • Why it matters: tensions, conflicts, and consequences
  • Who will care for us? Caregiving, retirement, and old age
  • The insecurities of an aging nation and our collective fate
  • America in a global world: population aging, foreign workers, and national security
  • We are in this together: envisioning a unified and diverse society.