Precarity and ageing : understanding insecurity and risk in later life / edited by Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson and Richard A. Settersten Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grenier, Amanda, editor.

Phillipson, Chris, editor.

Settersten, Richard A. Jr, 1964- editor.

Series:

Ageing in a global context.

Ageing in a global context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Social conditions.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2020.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1. Precarity and ageing: new perspectives for social gerontology / Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson and Richard A. Settersten Jr

2. How life course dynamics matter for precarity in later life / Richard A. Settersten Jr

3. Precarious life, human development and the life course: critical intersections / Stephen Katz

4. Rereading frailty through a lens of precarity: an explication of politics and the human condition of vulnerability / Amanda Grenier

5. Older workers and ontological precarity: between precarious employment, precarious welfare and precarious households / David Lain, Laura Airey, Wendy Loretto, Sarah Vickerstaff

6. Precarity, migration and ageing / Karen Kobayashi and Mushira Mohsin Khan

7. A framework to identify precarity in the social sciences: insights from qualitative research / Elena Portacolone

8. Reconstructing dependency: precarity, precariousness and care in old age / Michael Fine

9. From precarious employment to precarious retirement: neoliberal health and long-term care in the United States / Larry Polivka and Baozhen Luo

10. Austerity and precarity: individual and collective agency in later life / Chris Phillipson

11. Conclusion: Precarity and ageing in the 21st century / Chris Phillipson, Amanda Grenier and Richard A. Settersten Jr.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2021).

ISBN:

1-4473-4088-4

1-4473-4090-6

1-4473-4087-6

OCLC:

1135668869