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Precarity and Ageing

Precarity and Ageing

Understanding Insecurity and Risk in Later Life
Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2021
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-4086-7 (ISBN)
CHF 43,60 inkl. MwSt
What risks and insecurities do older people face in a time of both increased longevity and widening inequality?





This edited collection develops an exciting new approach to understanding the changing cultural, economic and social circumstances facing different groups of older people. Exploring a range of topics, the chapters provide a critical review of the concept of precarity, highlighting the experiences of ageing that occur within the context of societal changes tied to declining social protection. Drawing together insights from leading voices across a range of disciplines, the book underscores the pressing need to address inequality across the life course and into later life.

Amanda Grenier is the Norman and Honey Schipper Chair in Gerontological Social Work at the University of Toronto. Chris Phillipson is Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology at the University of Manchester. He has published a number of general books in the field of ageing as well as a number of papers relating to inequality and social exclusion. Richard A. Settersten Jr is the Barbara Knudson Endowed Chair and Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University.

Precarity and ageing: new perspectives for social gerontology ~ Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson and Richard A. Settersten Jr





PART I: Life course perspectives on precarity


How life course dynamics matter for precarity in later life ~ Richard A. Settersten Jr


Precarious life, human development and the life course: critical intersections ~ Stephen Katz





PART II: Precarity across situations


Rereading frailty through a lens of precarity: an explication of politics and the human condition of vulnerability ~ Amanda Grenier


Older workers and ontological precarity: between precarious employment, precarious welfare and precarious households ~ David Lain, Laura Airey, Wendy Loretto, Sarah Vickerstaff


Precarity, migration, and aging ~ Karen Kobayashi and Mushira Mohsin Khan


A framework to identify precarity in the social sciences: insights from qualitative research ~ Elena Portacolone





PART III: Austerity, care and social responses to precarity


Reconstructing dependency: precarity, precariousness and care in old age ~ Michael Fine


From precarious employment to precarious retirement: neoliberal health and long-term care in the United States ~ Larry Polivka and Baozhen Luo


Austerity and precarity: individual and collective agency in later life ~ Chris Phillipson;





Conclusion: precarity and ageing in the 21st century ~ Chris Phillipson, Amanda Grenier and Richard A. Settersten Jr

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Ageing in a Global Context
Co-Autor Baozhen Luo, Larry Polivka, Michael D Fine, Elena Portacolone, Mushira Mohsin Khan
Zusatzinfo 1 Tables, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Allgemeine Soziologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10 1-4473-4086-8 / 1447340868
ISBN-13 978-1-4473-4086-7 / 9781447340867
Zustand Neuware
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