Ageing, Wellbeing and Climate Change in the Arctic

An Interdisciplinary Analysis
Herausgeber: Naskali, Paivi; Begum, Shahnaj; Seppänen, Marjaana

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Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the important intersection of ageing, wellbeing and climate change in the Arctic region, making a key interdisciplinary contribution to an area of research on which little has been written, and limited sources of information are currently available. It will be of great interest to scholars of climate change, gerontology and social policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781138891906
• ISBN-10: 1138891908
• Artikelnr.: 42412781

Autorenporträt

Päivi Naskali is Professor of Women's Studies in the Department of Gender Studies and serves as Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Lapland, Finland. Marjaana Seppänen is Professor of Social Work at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Shahnaj Begum is a PhD candidate and researcher at the Unit for Gender Studies in the Faculty of Education at the University of Lapland, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I - Position of older people and policies in the Arctic
1. How ageism undermines older people's human rights and social inclusion:
Revisiting Advocacy, Agency and Need in Later Life 2. Tracing gender in
political ageing strategies and the press in Finnish Lapland 3. Policies of
Arctic countries to promote volunteering in old age 4. New moving patterns
among middle-aged and elderly people in Norway Part II - Elderly People and
climate change 5. Climate change in Lapland and its role in the health of
the elderly and rural populations 6. Gender differences of older people in
the changing Arctic Part III - Wellbeing of elderly people 7. What is
wellbeing for the elderly? 8. Elderly Sami and quality of life: Creative
strategies applied by the elderly within a Swedish Sami context 9. Elderly
homecare recipients' experiences of homecare: client centered or not? Part
IV- Local traditions of Arctic communities 10. "Wanting Greenlandic food":
A story of food, health, and illness in the life of an elderly Greenlandic
woman 11. 'Our forest': ageing, agency and 'connection with nature' in
rural Tornedalen, northern Sweden 12. Towards a broader inclusion of
heritage language and traditional knowledge in the Vepsian revival
movement: cultural, ideological and economic issues 13. A Room with a view:
Navigating continuity and rupture within the traditional healing repertoire
of Northern Troms Conclusion