by Amitai Etzioni UNIVERSALISTIC POLICIES
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UNIVERSALISTIC POLICIES My view is that in general older persons can be expected to benefit, in terms of their self-view and the image of them held by others, the moretheir problems are handled via broad-based “universalistic” social policies aimed at coping with social problems as they affect all citizens and the society at large rather than via “particularistic” old-age-oriented policies, although these latter are necessary where more universalistic approaches are not available for one reason or another. The view of older persons as a status group with unique specialized needs tends to set up a dysfunctional tension between older Americans and the rest of society. The tension is created by an implicit invoking or reinforcing of negative stereotypic images of older persons (in their own minds as well as in the minds of others). They tend to type them as victims of social segregation, physical isolation, and discriminatory attitudes and perhaps also serve to incur resentment toward them as a social
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