Contexts of Ageing: Class, Cohort and Community - Softcover

Gilleard, Chris; Higgs, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745629504 ISBN 13: 9780745629506

Verlag: Polity Press, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

We live in ageing societies. Age preoccupies governments as much as individuals. Most people reaching retirement no longer face a future of impoverishment and destitution. A new affluence has spread across society and across the life course. Instead of being concerned with the negative connotations of old age, this book acknowledges that for many people looking forward to retirement, later life has changed for the better. With this positive outcome for older people have come policy and social dilemmas for governments and individuals alike. 

Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book examines the history of welfare states, the emergence of consumer society, the growth of individualization and the reconstitution of identity and community. The book argues that the third age, its origins, and its contradictions are central to understanding the future of our society. 

<em>Contexts of Ageing</em> is certain to stimulate academic debate, but it is also appropriate for adoption on a range of courses. The book is written in a lively and accessible way, giving it appeal to upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses on ageing in sociology, social policy and health studies courses. Students and professionals working in the areas of nursing, health care and social gerontology will also find the book of interest. 

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Chris Gilleard, Director of Psychology at South West London and St. George’s Mental Health Trust

Paul Higgs Senior, Lecturer in Sociology at University College, London

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We live in ageing societies. Age preoccupies governments as much as individuals. A new affluence has spread across society and across the lifecourse. For many people looking forward to retirement, later life has changed for the better. But with this positive outcome for older people have come policy and social dilemmas for governments and individuals alike.

Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book analyses the social nature of later life in the context of the history of welfare states, the emergence of consumer society and the growth of individualism. The book argues that the third age, its origins, identity and contradictions are central to understanding the future of our society.

"Contexts of Ageing" is certain to stimulate academic debate. It is also appropriate for adoption on a range of courses. The book is written in a lively and accessible way, giving it appeal to upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in sociology, social policy and health studies. Students and professionals working in the areas of nursing, health care and social gerontology will also find this book of interest.

Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book analyses the social nature of later life in the context of the history of welfare states, the emergence of consumer society and the growth of individualism. The book argues that the third age, its origins, identity and contradictions are central to understanding the future of our society.

Contexts of Ageing is certain to stimulate academic debate. It is also appropriate for adoption on a range of courses. The book is written in a lively and accessible way, giving it appeal to upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in sociology, social policy and health studies. Students and professionals working in the areas of nursing, health care and social gerontology will also find this book of interest.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Polity Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0745629504
• ISBN 13: 9780745629506
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 218
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