| Sumario: | Part of a special issue on the future of age-based public policy. Some of the important choices that old-age interest groups will have to make in response to the new political context of policies on aging with regard to the substance of their positions, the formation of strategic alliances, and political tactics are discussed. After a brief review of the politics of aging in previous eras, the new era and the possible consequences of the changes in old-age programs being contemplated by Congress are explored. The strategic options that old-age interest groups have for responding to the proposed changes are analyzed, with particular emphasis being paid to the choices available to the 33-million member American Association for Retired Persons. The way in which needs within the elderly population might come to be most effectively represented in a new era of the politics of aging is considered.
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