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This book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how population ageing and globalisation - two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred - interact.

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"This pioneering work demonstrates the urgency to conceptualize the different dynamics and layers of globalisation as they contextualize emerging forms of ageing." Jan Baars, University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands
“At last a book that offers a comprehensive introduction to theories of ageing and globalisation while using empirical data to nuance our understandings of these phenomena.” Sandra Torres, Uppsala University, Sweden

Table of Contents
Introduction of key terms and debates; Age, ageing and later life; Gerontological approaches to globalization; Global geographies of health in later life; The family life of older people in a global context; Pensions, work and poverty. The financial landscapes of ageing and later life; A global Third Age? Identities in later life; The global politics and policies of ageing; Conclusion: The necessity of understanding globalization for studying later life.

Ageing and Globalisation

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 6 September 2017
      ISBN-13 9781447322306
      978-1447322306
      ISBN-10 1447322304
      Also in:
      Globalization Population and demography Sociology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how population ageing and globalisation - two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred - interact.

      Trade Review
      "This pioneering work demonstrates the urgency to conceptualize the different dynamics and layers of globalisation as they contextualize emerging forms of ageing." Jan Baars, University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands
      “At last a book that offers a comprehensive introduction to theories of ageing and globalisation while using empirical data to nuance our understandings of these phenomena.” Sandra Torres, Uppsala University, Sweden

      Table of Contents
      Introduction of key terms and debates; Age, ageing and later life; Gerontological approaches to globalization; Global geographies of health in later life; The family life of older people in a global context; Pensions, work and poverty. The financial landscapes of ageing and later life; A global Third Age? Identities in later life; The global politics and policies of ageing; Conclusion: The necessity of understanding globalization for studying later life.

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