基本説明
The "third age" is described as the period in the life course that occurs after retirement but prior to the onset of disability, revealing a period in which individuals have the capacity to remain actively engaged. This book serves as a comprehensive discussion about how the emergence of the third age has changed the way we think about and examine traditional frameworks regarding aging issues and the life course.
Full Description
The "third age" is described as the period in the life course that occurs after retirement but prior to the onset of disability, revealing a period in which individuals have the capacity to remain actively engaged. This book serves as a comprehensive discussion about how the emergence of the third age has changed the way we think about and examine traditional frameworks regarding aging issues and the life course. It introduces the discussion of the unique challenges and opportunities that older adults face while moving through this early phase of later life, proposing new frameworks, concepts, and methods to re-examine later life in the context of the era of the third age.
This book proposes new ways of thinking about how we conceptualize the life course, think about the role of the welfare state in the lives of older people, negotiate social roles in later life, make meaning of our lives as we age, and cultivate relationships with others during later life. It brings together theoretical concepts and frameworks, methodological advances, and emerging themes and controversies that are redefining gerontology in the era of the Third Age. Highlighting important issues that warrant further exploration and discussion, this book advances our understanding of the Third Age and focuses attention on critical issues that should be addressed in future Third Age research and scholarly development.
Key Features:
Includes up-to-date description and analysis of the third age as a concept, life phase, and social status
Addresses multiple perspectives to illustrate the impact of the third age on the way we examine later life
Uses disciplinary perspectives such as social policy, demography, gerontology, sociology, social work, anthropology, and social psychology
Examines mechanisms that stratify the older population in the context of the third age
Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT AND FRAMEWORKS IN THE ERA OF THE THIRD AGE
1. A Life-Course Approach to the Third Age
2. The Third Age as a Cultural Field
3. The Political Economy of the Third Age
4. A Feminist Lens of the Third Age: Refining the Framework
PART II: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR THIRD AGE RESEARCH
5. Demographic Approaches and Their Potential Application in Third Age Research
6. The Third Age as a Socio-Demographic Variable for Cross-Country Comparisons
7. Time-Use Studies: A Method for Exploring Everyday Life in the Third Age
8. Experiencing the Third Age: The Perspective of Qualitative Inquiry
PART III: EMERGING THEMES AND CONTROVERSIES IN THE ERA OF THE THIRD AGE
9. From Retirement to "Productive Aging" and Back to Work Again
10. Challenges and Opportunities for Relationships in the Era of the Third Age
11. Relevance of Social Capital and Lifestyle for the Third Age
12. Cultural Ideals, Ethics, and Agelessness: A Critical Perspective on the Third Age
Afterword: The Third Age: Fact or Fiction-and Does It Matter?
Index
