Martin Slattery

The New Sociology of Ageing (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The New Sociology of Ageing explores the challenges and opportunities of ageing as a global force. Alongside globalisation, urbanisation, new technology, climate change, and global pandemics, ageing is transforming life in the twenty-first century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000480122
• Artikelnr.: 62751820

Autorenporträt

Martin Slattery is a retired Sixth-Form College Principal and Senior Education Officer who has previously written a number of introductory and specialist texts in Sociology including The ABC of Sociology (1985), Key Ideas in Sociology (2003), Urban Sociology (1985) and Official Statistics (1986). Since retiring, he has focused on the emerging topic of Ageing and Longevity in the 21st century with the publication of The Ageing of Great Britain in 2019.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: An Introduction to the Ageing World Ahead
PART ONE: The Global Challenge of Ageing and the Global Response
1. The Global Challenge of Ageing and the Global Context
2. The International Challenge of Ageing and the International Response
PART TWO: The National Challenge of Ageing and the National Response
3. The Demographic Challenge and the Government's Response
4. The Economic and Social Challenges of Ageing in the U.K. today
PART THREE: The New Old, the New Young and the Forces for Change
5. The New Old and the New Young: Baby Boomers, Generations X, Y and Z; and
Intergenerational Relations Today
6. The New Old and their Powers for Change
PART FOUR: Towards a New Sociology of Ageing for the 21st Century
7. Towards a New Age Paradigm, Manifesto and Intergenerational Social
Contract
8. Towards the Ageless Society of the Future, and the Ageing World Ahead