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  • Family and Community Life of Older People

    Social Networks and Social Support in Three Urban Areas

    by Miriam Bernard, Jim Ogg, Judith and Phillips, Chris Phillipson ...
    Family life has changed rapidly over te past fifty years and the number of people living longer increases year on year Family and Community Life of Older People revisits three areas (Bethnal Green in London, Wolverhampton in the Midlands and Woodford in Essex) which were the subject of classic studies in the late 1940s and 1950s and explores changes to the family and community lives of older ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Renewing the Family: A History of the Baby Boomers

    by Catherine Bonvalet, Céline Clément, Jim Ogg ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book traces the history of the baby-boomers, beginning with an explanation of the cause of the post-war baby boom and ending with the contemporary concerns of ageing boomers. It shows how the baby-boomers challenged traditional family attitudes and adopted new lifestyles in the 1960s and 1970s. Drawing on 90 interviews conducted with baby boomers living in London and Paris, the book ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Extended Working Life Policies

    International Gender and Health Perspectives

    Edited by Áine Ní Léime, Jim Ogg, Martina Rašticová, Debra Street, Clary Krekula, Monika Bédiová, Ignacio Madero-Cabib ...
    This open access book addresses the current debate on extended working life policy by considering the influence of gender and health on the experiences of older workers. Bringing together an international team of scholars, it tackles issues as gender, health status and job/ occupational characteristics that structure the capacity and outcomes associated with working longer. The volume starts with ... Read more

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  • Older Workers and Labour Market Exclusion Processes

    A Life Course perspective

    Edited by Nathalie Burnay, Jim Ogg, Clary Krekula, Patricia Vendramin ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book addresses the important and neglected question of older workers who are excluded from the labour market. It challenges post-capitalist discourses of active ageing with a focus on restrictive end-of-career and retirement measures. The book demonstrates how a paradigm shift is generating real processes of exclusion for important sectors of the population. By providing strong ... Read more

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    International Lessons and Policy Implications

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    Series series Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy
    Social investment policies have enjoyed prominence during recent welfare reforms across the OECD world, and yet there is insufficient long-term strategy for their success.Reviewing labour market, family and education policies, this edited collection analyses the emergence of social investment policies in both Europe and East Asia. Adopting a life course perspective and examining both public and ... Read more

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  • AGEING SOCIETIES

    by Sarah Harper ...
    Demographic ageing is a reality - within 25 years half the population of Western Europe will be over 50, one quarter over 65, and the Less Developed Countries will contain one billion elderly people. Ageing Societies examines the myths, challenges and opportunities behind these figures.Ageing Societies explores three areas:§ the growing necessity for extending economic activity into later life ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Measuring the Global Shadow Economy

    The Prevalence of Informal Work and Labour

    by Colin C. Williams, Friedrich Schneider ...
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    $35.99 USD

  • Long-Term Care Reforms in OECD Countries

    Edited by Cristiano Gori, Jose-Luis Fernandez, Raphael Wittenberg ...
    Since the early 1990s, long-term care policies have undergone significant transformations across OECD countries. In some countries these changes have responded to the introduction of major policy reforms while in others, significant transformations have come about through the accumulation of incremental policy changes.The book brings together evidence from over 15 years of care reform to examine ... Read more

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  • Where to from Here?

    Keeping Medicare Sustainable

    by Stephen Duckett ...
    Series Book 161 - Queen's Policy Studies Series
    Universal healthcare, perhaps the most distinguishing feature of Canada's public policy, is under fire, criticized for its heavy expense and questionable sustainability. In Where to From Here?: Keeping Medicare Sustainable, Stephen Duckett defends Canadian Medicare, addressing key concerns and refuting criticism, while also acknowledging flaws in the system and room for improvement.Duckett argues ... Read more

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  • Global Child Poverty and Well-Being

    Measurement, Concepts, Policy and Action

    Edited by Alberto Minujin, Shailen Nandy ...
    Series series Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion
    Child poverty is a central and present part of global life, with hundreds of millions of children around the world enduring tremendous suffering and deprivation of their most basic needs. Despite its long history, research on poverty and development has only relatively recently examined the issue of child poverty as a distinct topic of concern. This book brings together theoretical, methodological ... Read more

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  • Well-Being and Extended Working Life

    A Gender Perspective

    Edited by Tindara Addabbo, Patricia Carney, Áine Ní Léime, Jeroen Spijker, Siniša Zrinščak ...
    Series series Gender and Well-Being
    Most European countries have experienced labour market reforms at varying times leading to extended working life and a postponement of retirement age. This book provides a gender perspective on the impact of extended working life on the different dimensions of well-being, the factors which can limit extended working life, and the working conditions of older workers.Over the course of 11 chapters ... Read more

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  • Aging in Canada

    by Neena L. Chappell, Marcus J. Hollander ...
    Canada, like other countries, is aging. The media has reported on a "grey tsunami," a demographic change reflecting longer life expectancy and the retirement of the so-called baby boomer generation. The numbers and percentages of older adults within our population continue to increase. In 2010, 15.3 percent of Canada's population was over 65; in 2030, it will be 24.1 percent. Many commentators ... Read more

    $8.69 USD