Grenier / Phillipson / Settersten Jr Precarity and Ageing

Understanding Insecurity and Risk in Later Life
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4473-4088-1
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Ageing in a Global Context

What risks and insecurities do older people face in a time of both increased longevity and widening inequality?

This edited collection develops an exciting new approach to understanding the changing cultural, economic and social circumstances facing different groups of older people. Exploring a range of topics, the chapters provide a critical review of the concept of precarity, highlighting the experiences of ageing that occur within the context of societal changes tied to declining social protection. 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

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

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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