Ageing and Globalisation / / Martin Hyde, Paul Higgs.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Hyde, Martin,; Higgs, Paul,
• MitwirkendeR: Calasanti, Toni,; Phillipson, Chris,; Scharf, Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Ageing in a Global Context
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)

Population ageing and globalisation represent two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred. This book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how they interact. 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. This comprehensive introduction to globalisation for gerontologists is part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, published in association with the British Society of Gerontology. It will be of particular interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics in this area.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- List of acronyms -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Preface from the series editors -- Introduction -- Theories of ageing and globalisation -- Theorising time and space in social gerontology -- Competing spatialities of ageing and later life -- Global landscapes of ageing -- Ageing, populations and health -- Time and money in later life -- The cultures of ageing and later life -- Politics, place and ageing -- Concluding remarks -- Conclusion -- References -- Index