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990277
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b744647
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The futures of old age /\ edited by John A. Vincent, Chris Phillipson, and Murna Downs.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. :: SAGE Publications,, 2006.
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1 online resource (xv, 255 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1412901073
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: 1412901081
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: 1446211533
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: 1849202753
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: 9781412901079
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: 9781412901086
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: 9781446211533
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: 9781849202756
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1412901073
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1412901081
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| Notes
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"Published in association with BSG."
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-245) and index.
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| Contents
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Visions of later life : golden cohort to generation Z / Andrew Blaikie -- Future 'conflicts' across generations and cohorts? / Vern L. Bengtson and Norella M. Putney -- Developments in the life course / Dale Dannefer and Casey Miklowski -- Ageing and social class : an enduring relationship / Alan Walker and Liam Foster -- Gender and later life : change, choice and constraints / Sara Arber -- Ethnicity and old age / James Nazroo -- The future of inequalities in retirement income / Debora Price and Jay Ginn -- Will the baby-boomers be better off than their parents in retirement? / Maria Evandrou and Jane Falkingham -- The future of stock-market pensions / Richard Minns -- Ageing selves and others : distinctiveness and uniformity in the struggle for intergenerational solidarity / Simon Biggs -- Biographical work and the future of the ageing self / Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein -- Ageing and belief : between tradition and change / Peter G. Coleman, Marie A. Mills and Peter Speck -- Will our old age be healthier? / Christina Victor -- Is there a better future for people with dementia and their families? / Murna Downs and Errollyn Bruce -- The future of well-being : quality of life of older people in the twenty-first century / John Bond and Lynne Corner -- The ageing of family life transitions / Sarah Harper -- Flying solo in old age : widowed and divorced men and women in later life / Kate Davidson -- Housing and future living arrangements / Sheila Peace -- Anti-ageing science and the future of old age / John Vincent -- Ageing and globalization / Chris Phillipson -- The future life course, migration and old age / Tony Warnes.
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What is the future of old age? How will families, services, and economies adapt to an older population? This book places these questions, and many more, in the context of social and political change, and assesses what the various futures of old age might be.
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Old age.
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Older people-- Economic conditions.
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Older people-- Health and hygiene.
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Older people-- Social conditions.
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Retirement.
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Personnes âgées-- Santé et hygiène.
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Personnes âgées.
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Vieillesse-- Aspect social.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Aging.
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Old age.
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Older people-- Economic conditions.
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Older people-- Health and hygiene.
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Older people-- Social conditions.
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Retirement.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Gerontology.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.26
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| LC Classification
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HQ1061.F88 2006eb
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Downs, Murna.
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Phillipson, Chris.
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Vincent, John A.,1947-
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British Society of Gerontology.
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