Ageing - Christopher Phillipson

Ageing Populations Represent A Key Global Challenge For The Twenty-first Century. Few Areas Of Life Will Remain Untouched By The Accompanying Changes To Cultural, Economic And Social Life. This Book Interrogates Various Understandings Of Ageing, And Provides A Critical Assessment Of Attitudes And Responses To The Development Of Ageing Societies, Placing These In The Context Of A Variety Of Historical And Sociological Debates.written In A Highly Accessible Style, This Book Examines A Range Of Topics, Including Demographic Change Across High- And Low-income Countries, Theories Of Social Ageing, Changing Definitions Of 'age', Retirement Trends, Family And Intergenerational Relations, Poverty And Inequality, And Health And Social Care In Later Life.