SERIAL EMPLOYMENT AND SKINNY GOVERNMENT - REFORMING CARING AND SHARING AMONG GENERATIONS

The challenge of this paper is to re-examine the demographics which un derlie the re-write of social policy in an aging Canada, as related to gender, family and generation. Following a brief consideration of Can ada's changes and challenges in comparison to those in the United Stat es and selected European countries, the analytical construct, ''life c ycles of dependencies and responsibilities'' is introduced and utilize d to examine shifting bases of security among generations (with a focu s on six cohorts), and in particular, the implications of possible cha nges to social policy for the elderly on women, the poor and other dis advantaged elders.