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Ageing and Globalisation

Hardback

Main Details

Title Ageing and Globalisation
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Martin Hyde
By (author) Paul Higgs
SeriesAgeing in a Global Context
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:264
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781447322276
ClassificationsDewey:305.26
Audience
Professional & Vocational
General
Illustrations No

Publishing Details

Publisher Bristol University Press
Imprint Policy Press
Publication Date 6 July 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Ageing has been conventionally framed within the boundaries of nation states, yet demographic changes, transmigration, financial globalization and the global media have rendered this perspective problematic. This much-needed book is the first to apply theories of globalisation to gerontology, including Appadurai's theory, allowing readers to understand the implications of growing older in a global age.

Author Biography

Martin Hyde is Associate Professor in Gerontology at the Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University. His research looks at global ageing, and work, health and retirement in later life. Paul Higgs is Professor of the Sociology of Ageing at University College London. He has researched the changing nature of later life for over 20 years and is a co-editor of the journal 'Social Theory and Health'.

Reviews

"This pioneering work demonstrates the urgency to conceptualize the different dynamics and layers of globalisation as they contextualize emerging forms of ageing." Jan Baars, University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands "At last a book that offers a comprehensive introduction to theories of ageing and globalisation while using empirical data to nuance our understandings of these phenomena." Sandra Torres, Uppsala University, Sweden