A World Growing Old

Here, Jeremy Seabrook examines the real implications of the ageing phenomenon and challenges our preconceptions about how it should be tackled. Arguing that the accumulated skills and experience ofthe elderly should be employed to enrich society, rather than being perceived as a "burden," he makes a case for a radical re-thinking of our attitude to population issues, migration, social structures and employment policy.

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About the author

Jeremy Seabrook (1939-2024) wrote on inequality, poverty and the oppressed in Britain and across the Global South for over half a century. His articles were featured in the Guardian, The Times and the Independent. He has written plays for stage, TV and the theatre, some in collaboration with his close friend, Michael O’Neill. His many books include The Song of the Shirt and Cut Out: Living Without Welfare. In 2023 he published his memoirs, Private Worlds.

Summary

How will our ageing populations change society?

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Seabrook
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2003
• EAN: 9780745318400
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-1840-0
• Weight: 392 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, Political Economy, Age groups: the elderly, Age groups: the elderly / old age