Civic Engagement in Later Life by Liesbeth De Donder
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
Older adults’ civic engagement has become a key concern in academic and policy debates in recent years. However, existing studies on this topic remain fragmented across various conceptual and methodological approaches.
This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and multidimensional perspective on older adults' civic engagement. It proposes a conceptual framework which understands civic engagement as a multidimensional concept encompassing a diversity of activities through which older adults contribute to their communities and wider society. Contributors explore the factors shaping older adults’ participation in various civic activities across the life course, considering their diversity in terms of social locations such as gender, health status, migrant background, socioeconomic background and residential arrangements.
By analysing past and current research, policy and practice, the book offers recommendations for future efforts to advance the field.
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Aging and Climate Change
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Ageing and Technology
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Diverse Transnational Care
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Intersections of Ageing, Gender and Sexualities
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Gender, Ageing and Extended Working Life
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Age-Friendly Cities and Communities
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Intimacy and Ageing
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Precarity and Ageing
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Ethnicity and Old Age
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Ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ageing and Globalisation
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Ageing Equitably with Care
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Retirement Migration and Precarity in Later Life
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Ageing in Everyday Life
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Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities
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Ageing, Men and Social Relations
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The Environments of Ageing
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Ageing and the Media
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Care for Older Adults in India
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Ageing and the Crisis in Health and Social Care
“This book offers a comprehensive analysis of civic engagement in later life, highlighting diverse perspectives, underexplored themes and critical research gaps” Laurent Reyes, University of California, Berkeley
“It is a real breath of fresh air at a time when we see around us a disturbing return to narratives of old age as a problem and a burden. The chapters in this book make clear how misguided these views are.” Lucie Vidovićová, Masaryk University
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| ISBN 13 | 9781447373537 |
| ISBN 10 | 1447373537 |
| Title | Civic Engagement in Later Life |
| Author | Erin Grinshteyn |
| Series | Ageing In A Global Context |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press |
| Year published | 2025-05-29 |
| Number of pages | 266 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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