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Abstract(s)
This article presents an analysis of public policies implemented in Portugal between
2008 and 2013 affecting the older segments of the population, specifically those
aged 50 years and over. Research on this period is relevant because it was a time
of economic and financial crisis and concomitant changes in government policy. By
making a content analysis of the laws published on the website of the Diário da
República (Portuguese State Gazette) three periods could be distinguished: January
2008 to May 2010, which was dominated by an emancipatory logic reflecting respect
for social rights; June 2010 to September 2012; and then October 2012 to December
2013, in which a logic of austerity prevailed, especially in the last period, with negative
consequences for the quality of life of senior citizens.
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Keywords
Older people Crisis time Austerity Public policies Portugal 2008-2013
Citation
Gouveia, O. M. R., Schouten, M. J. and Matos, A. D. (2017), ‘Later life and public policies in time of crisis: Portugal, 2008–13’, Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 16:2, pp. 233–48, doi: 10.1386/pjss.16.2.233_1