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 g...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction of key terms and debates;
Age, ageing and later life;
Gerontological approaches to globalization;
Global geographies of health in later life;
Th...
Over de auteur
Paul Higgs is Professor of the Sociology of Ageing at University College London. He has published widely on the changing nature of later life and is a co-editor of th...
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