Precarity and Ageing

Understanding Insecurity and Risk in Later Life

AvAmanda Grenier,Chris Phillipson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Ageing in a Global Context

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-01-15
Mått:156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt:572 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Ageing in a Global Context
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781447340850

Utforska kategorier

Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

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.

Innehållsförteckning

Precarity and ageing: new perspectives for social gerontology ~ Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson and Richard A. Settersten JrPART I: Life course perspectives on precarityHow life course dynamics matter for precarity in later life ~ Richard A. Settersten JrPrecarious life, human development and the life course: critical intersections ~ Stephen KatzPART II: Precarity across situationsRereading frailty through a lens of precarity: an explication of politics and the human condition of vulnerability ~ Amanda GrenierOlder workers and ontological precarity: between precarious employment, precarious welfare and precarious households ~ David Lain, Laura Airey, Wendy Loretto, Sarah VickerstaffPrecarity, migration, and aging ~ Karen Kobayashi and Mushira Mohsin KhanA framework to identify precarity in the social sciences: insights from qualitative research ~ Elena PortacolonePART III: Austerity, care and social responses to precarityReconstructing dependency: precarity, precariousness and care in old age ~ Michael FineFrom precarious employment to precarious retirement: neoliberal health and long-term care in the United States ~ Larry Polivka and Baozhen LuoAusterity 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