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Book SynopsisThis edited collection develops an exciting new approach to understanding the changing cultural, economic and social circumstances facing different groups of older people.
Table of ContentsPrecarity and ageing: new perspectives for social gerontology ~ Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson and Richard A. Settersten Jr PART I: Life course perspectives on precarity How life course dynamics matter for precarity in later life ~ Richard A. Settersten Jr Precarious life, human development and the life course: critical intersections ~ Stephen Katz PART II: Precarity across situations Rereading frailty through a lens of precarity: an explication of politics and the human condition of vulnerability ~ Amanda Grenier Older workers and ontological precarity: between precarious employment, precarious welfare and precarious households ~ David Lain, Laura Airey, Wendy Loretto, Sarah Vickerstaff Precarity, migration, and aging ~ Karen Kobayashi and Mushira Mohsin Khan A framework to identify precarity in the social sciences: insights from qualitative research ~ Elena Portacolone PART III: Austerity, care and social responses to precarity Reconstructing dependency: precarity, precariousness and care in old age ~ Michael Fine From precarious employment to precarious retirement: neoliberal health and long-term care in the United States ~ Larry Polivka and Baozhen Luo Austerity and precarity: individual and collective agency in later life ~ Chris Phillipson; Conclusion: precarity and ageing in the 21st century ~ Chris Phillipson, Amanda Grenier and Richard A. Settersten Jr
