Contexts of Ageing: Class, Cohort and Community

by Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard

Book Overview

We live in ageing societies. Age preoccupies governments as much as individuals. A new affluence has spread across society and across the lifecourse. For many people looking forward to retirement, later life has changed for the better. But with this positive outcome for older people have come policy and social dilemmas for governments and individuals alike.

Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book analyses the social nature of later...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745629504
• ISBN13: 9780745629506
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 9.0"