Silver Retirement and Its Discontents

Why We Won't Stop Working, Even If We Can
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-231-54792-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

Michelle Pannor Silver considers how we confront the mismatch between idealized and actual retirement. She follows doctors, CEOs, elite athletes, professors, and homemakers during their transition to retirement as they struggle to recalibrate their sense of purpose and self-worth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Silver, Michelle Pannor

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Gerontopsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Renegade Retirement and the Greedy Institution: The Doctors
3. Refined Retirement and Fulfillment Employment: The CEOs
4. Early Retirement and Resilience: The Elite Athletes
5. Late Retirement and Working in Place: The Professors
6. Undefined Retirement and the Retirement Mystique: The Homemakers
7. Conclusion
Appendix A. Methodological Overview
Appendix B. Interview Guide
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Silver Michelle Pannor:
Michelle Pannor Silver is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto. Her work has appeared in Women & Health, Aging & Society, and The Gerontologist, among others. This is her first book.Michelle Pannor Silver is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society at the University of Toronto.