Precarity and ageing : understanding insecurity and risk in later life /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Grenier, Amanda (Editor), Phillipson, Chris (Editor), Settersten, Richard A., Jr., 1964- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2020.
Series:	Ageing in a global context.
Subjects:	Risk. Older people > Social conditions. Older people > Economic conditions. Older people > Protection. Aging. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Precarity and ageing: new perspectives for social gerontology / Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson and Richard A. Settersten Jr
2. How life course dynamics matter for precarity in later life / Richard A. Settersten Jr
3. Precarious life, human development and the life course: critical intersections / Stephen Katz
4. Rereading frailty through a lens of precarity: an explication of politics and the human condition of vulnerability / Amanda Grenier
5. Older workers and ontological precarity: between precarious employment, precarious welfare and precarious households / David Lain, Laura Airey, Wendy Loretto, Sarah Vickerstaff
6. Precarity, migration and ageing / Karen Kobayashi and Mushira Mohsin Khan
7. A framework to identify precarity in the social sciences: insights from qualitative research / Elena Portacolone
8. Reconstructing dependency: precarity, precariousness and care in old age / Michael Fine
9. From precarious employment to precarious retirement: neoliberal health and long-term care in the United States / Larry Polivka and Baozhen Luo
10. Austerity and precarity: individual and collective agency in later life / Chris Phillipson
11. Conclusion: Precarity and ageing in the 21st century / Chris Phillipson, Amanda Grenier and Richard A. Settersten Jr.