Contexts of Ageing
Chris GilleardPaul Higgs
Broschiertes Buch

Contexts of Ageing

Class, Cohort and Community

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Later life is not what it used to be. We live in ageing societies where 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 forgovernments and individuals alike.Drawing on a wide range of sources, this bookanalyses the social nature of later life in the context of the history of welfare states, the emergence of consumer society and the growth of individualis...