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Precarity and ageing : understanding insecurity and risk in later life /
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 rang...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL :
Policy Press,
2020.
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| Colección: | Ageing in a global context.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Precarity and ageing: new perspectives for social gerontology / Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson and Richard A. Settersten Jr
- 2. How life course dynamics matter for precarity in later life / Richard A. Settersten Jr
- 3. Precarious life, human development and the life course: critical intersections / Stephen Katz
- 4. Rereading frailty through a lens of precarity: an explication of politics and the human condition of vulnerability / Amanda Grenier
- 5. Older workers and ontological precarity: between precarious employment, precarious welfare and precarious households / David Lain, Laura Airey, Wendy Loretto, Sarah Vickerstaff
- 6. Precarity, migration and ageing / Karen Kobayashi and Mushira Mohsin Khan
- 7. A framework to identify precarity in the social sciences: insights from qualitative research / Elena Portacolone
- 8. Reconstructing dependency: precarity, precariousness and care in old age / Michael Fine
- 9. From precarious employment to precarious retirement: neoliberal health and long-term care in the United States / Larry Polivka and Baozhen Luo
- 10. Austerity and precarity: individual and collective agency in later life / Chris Phillipson
- 11. Conclusion: Precarity and ageing in the 21st century / Chris Phillipson, Amanda Grenier and Richard A. Settersten Jr.