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Informationen zum Autor Chris Phillipson is Professor of Applied Social Studies and Social Gerontology at Keele University. Klappentext `This is an important and insightful book which covers profound issues relevant to everyone in the last gasp of the twentieth century. Its major strength is reviewing the ideas and issues about the place of older people in society' - John Vincent, University of ExeterIn this timely and authoritative overview on social gerontology and social theory, Chris Phillipson outlines the changing contexts and experiences associated with later life as we move into a new century. The book critically reviews the different theoretical explanations which attempt to explain these changes.Phillipson shows how in late modernity changes to pensions, employment and retirement, and intergenerational relations, are placing doubt on the meaning of growing old. He suggests that later life is being reconstructed as a period of potential choice on the one hand, but also of risk and danger on the other. Zusammenfassung This text outlines the changing contexts and experiences associated with later life! and provides an overview of theoretical debates in gerontology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Crisis of Social Ageing PART ONE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES The Development of Critical Gerontology Constructing Old Age Growing Old in a Postmodern World PART TWO: SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL DIVISIONS The Social Construction of Retirement Financing Old Age The Sociology of Generations Conflict or Consensus? PART THREE: NEW AGENDAS Old Age Sociological and Historical Perspectives Reconstructing Old Age Policy Options Conclusion Exclusion and Resistance in the Sociology of Ageing
