PUBLIC POLICY, THE ELDERLY, EDUCATION AND AGING: THE PORTUGAL CASE IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

Abstract

This work brings together a number of contributions, some of which already found in other works of our own, that allow us to discuss the idea that in Western societies, with particularities that are dueto Portugal, has been claiming public policy guidelines social and educational which greatlyrely on productivist an deconomisticlogic. The analysis of public policies we are doing here, documentary supported, meets the divers eways in which states (since the early 70s of the twentieth century other early twenty-first century) have perspective the elderly, the right to education and aging. It shows how public policies drawn up at international level, and the European Union, breed in Portugal, especially when it comes to engage with the sustainability of the social security system and economic efficiency. In between, the adult education, as the education of older people is forgotten, acquires form so learning throughout life and literacy. Subsequently, point up the most visible effect so t he policy and analyze the constraints arising from the absence of formulation of public policy, global, integrated for the elderly in Portugal. Also here they un veil various meanings that it takes the concept of aging, aging that policy and strategically, whether active, especially productive, and are more consistent with logics suppression tax implications than logics effective inclusion o folder persons in full citizen ship forms.

Submissão: 2016-02-15

Aceite: 2016-07-25