Population ageing from a lifecourse perspective : critical and international approaches / [electronic resource]
Komp, Kathrin,editor.
Johansson, Stina,editor.
This much-needed volume, part of the Ageing and the Lifecourse series, combines insights from different disciplines and real-life experiences to argue that the lifecourse perspective helps us understand causes and effects of population ageing.
POPULATION AGEING FROM A LIFECOURSE PERSPECTIVE; Contents; List of tables and figures; Tables; Figures; Notes on the contributors; Foreword; 1. Introduction; When demography and lifecourse research meet; Different lifecourses - different contributions to population ageing; We talk the talk, let's walk the walk; Overview of the book; 2. A demographer's view: population structures tell a story about lifecourses; Introduction; Population dynamics; Population dynamics and population ageing; Population ageing and lifecourse implications
The need for a demographic view to fully understand the lifecourseConclusion; 3. A lifecourse scholar's view: lifecourses crystallise in demographic structures; Introduction: changing population structures and the lifecourse; On the lifecourse: what are we talking about?; The impact of changing lifecourses on demographic trends - and vice versa; Summary and conclusions; 4. Generations in ageing Finland: finding your place in the demographic structure; The baby boom in Finland; The third age; Doing as a part of wellbeing; The data; New beginnings; Possibilities for living an active life
From physical to spiritual: different activity domainsThe age, period and cohort effects of travel; Conclusions; 5. Gender in ageing Portugal: following the lives of men and women; Introduction; Background to the research: the pre-baby boom generation in historical and social context; Data and methods; The lifecourse in the transition to later life: gender and diversity; Conclusions; 6. Socioeconomic status in ageing Poland: a question of cumulative advantages and disadvantages; Introduction; Theoretical perspective; Socioeconomic differences in today's Poland
Transition of lifecourse regimes in PolandDiscussion; 7. Ethnicity in ageing America: a tale of cultures and lifecourse; Introduction: race and ethnicity and population ageing; The concepts of race and ethnicity in the American context; Theoretical perspectives on race and ethnicity, social inequality and population ageing; Sociodemographic and socioeconomic trends by race and ethnicity; Concluding remarks; 8. The urban-rural split in ageing Australia: diverging lifecourses, diverging experiences; Introduction; Understanding the demography of rural ageing
Rurality and healthy ageing: a lifecourse perspectiveDiscussion; 9. The individual in ageing Germany: how the self-employed plan for their old age; Introduction; Current state of research; Paths of transition to retirement in Germany; Selected gerontological and lifecourse concepts for individual age planning; Results from a qualitative study on older self-employed in Germany; Conclusion; 10. Families in ageing Netherlands and ageing China: redefining intergenerational contracts in lengthened lives; Introduction; Theoretical background; Changes in the lifecourse and family structures
Grandparenting and elder care as sources of ambivalence in the Netherlands
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Mar 2022).
This much-needed volume, part of the Ageing and the Lifecourse series, combines insights from different disciplines and real-life experiences to argue that the lifecourse perspective helps us understand causes and effects of population ageing.
Aging.
Demography.