Contexts of ageing : class, cohort and community /

Gilleard, C. J.

Contexts of ageing : class, cohort and community / Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs. - Cambridge : Polity, 2005. - viii, 206 p. ; 23 cm.

Drawing on a wide range of sources, this text analyses the social nature of later life in the context of the history of welfare states, the emergence of consumer society and across the lifecourse.

Specialized.

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Older people--Government policy.
Older people--Social conditions.

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