Abstract

ARRUBLA-SANCHEZ, Deisy Jeannette. Social policy for aging: the (non) sense of the arguments. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2010, vol.9, n.19, pp.229-242. ISSN 1657-7027.

Population aging has been associated with the pressure from social security systems and the inter-generational struggle for resources of social protection, acquiring a fatalistic notion over the time. These arguments were the basis of the neoliberal reform of social security in Colombia (1993), which still creates an illusion that dims the role of social policy and promotes the growth of financial capital. The article is presented in five parts: the presence of a fatalistic notion of aging on the political agenda of the World Bank and UN; the paradox associated with this notion, given that aging is a result of a process of democratization; social inequities of Colombia, expressed at the disparity in life expectancy and the economic insecurity of the population over 60 years; contradictions of reform and an outline of the challenges before a universal social policy.

Keywords : public policy; social security; demographic aging; aging health; aging; State reform; public policy; social security; demographic aging; aging health; aging; State reform.

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