Precarity and Ageing

Understanding Insecurity and Risk in Later Life
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4473-4086-7
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 418 g

Reihe: Ageing in a Global Context

This edited collection develops an exciting new approach to understanding the changing cultural, economic and social circumstances facing different groups of older people. 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grenier, Amanda

Phillipson, Chris

Settersten Jr, Richard A.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Luo, Baozhen

Polivka, Larry

Fine, Michael D

Portacolone, Elena

Mohsin Khan, Mushira

Kobayashi, Karen

Vickerstaff, Sarah

Loretto, Wendy

Airey, Laura

Lain, David

Grenier, Amanda

Katz, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Precarity and ageing: new perspectives for social gerontology ~ Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson and Richard A. Settersten Jr
PART I: Life course perspectives on precarity
How life course dynamics matter for precarity in later life ~ Richard A. Settersten Jr
Precarious life, human development and the life course: critical intersections ~ Stephen Katz
PART II: Precarity across situations
Rereading frailty through a lens of precarity: an explication of politics and the human condition of vulnerability ~ Amanda Grenier
Older workers and ontological precarity: between precarious employment, precarious welfare and precarious households ~ David Lain, Laura Airey, Wendy Loretto, Sarah Vickerstaff
Precarity, migration, and aging ~ Karen Kobayashi and Mushira Mohsin Khan
A framework to identify precarity in the social sciences: insights from qualitative research ~ Elena Portacolone
PART III: Austerity, care and social responses to precarity
Reconstructing dependency: precarity, precariousness and care in old age ~ Michael Fine
From precarious employment to precarious retirement: neoliberal health and long-term care in the United States ~ Larry Polivka and Baozhen Luo
Austerity 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

Über Autor(innen)

Loretto, Wendy
Wendy Loretto is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the University of Edinburgh Business School, UK. Her research focuses on the intersections between gender and age in employment.

Phillipson, Chris
Chris Phillipson is Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester. He has published a number of general books in the field of ageing as well a number of papers on age-friendly issues.

Vickerstaff, Sarah
Sarah Vickerstaff is Professor of Work and Employment at the University of Kent.

Katz, Stephen
Stephen Katz is Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology and Distinguished Research Award recipient at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada. He is author of books Disciplining Old Age (1996) and Cultural Aging (2005) and publications on ageing bodies, technologies, critical gerontology, biopolitics, sexuality, and cognitive impairment.

Lain, David
David Lain is Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies at Newcastle University.

Settersten Jr, Richard A.
Richard A. Settersten Jr., PhD, is Barbara Knudson Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences and Head of the School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences at Oregon State University.

Grenier, Amanda
Amanda Grenier is Professor in Health Aging and Society, the Gilbrea Chair in Aging and Mental Health, and the Director of the Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging at McMaster University.

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.