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List of tables, figures and boxes
1 What is population ageing? (Demography)
Myths and facts about population ageing
Why is population ageing a big deal?
Population ageing in the context of population change
2 When am I officially past it? The ageist zeitgeist (Ageism and ageist stereotyping)
What is ageism against older people?
What are stereotypes and why do we use them?
3 Will I ever have enough money to retire? (Retirement, active ageing and working longer)
A brief history of pensions in the UK
The concept of the dependency ratio
Active and successful ageing (and their many detractors)
Work, retirement and the institutionalised lifecourse
Extending working lives: supply of and demand for older workers
4 Will I need care when I am old? (Care and support in later life)
Physiological changes that may accompany ageing
World Health Organization approach to healthy ageing
5 All old people are pretty much the same, aren’t they? (Diversity among the ageing population)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
An overview of minority ageing
6 Aren’t gender differences neutralised by age? (Gender)
Why do women live longer than men?
How do pension and care policies affect women and men?
Intersectionality: men, women and ageism
Studying women versus using a feminist framework
Masculinity: sometimes it is hard to be a man …
7 Why do older people have it so good? (The myth of intergenerational conflict)
That’s generation – now what about solidarity?
Neoliberalism and the myth of generational conflict
8 Why do older people vote, while younger people protest? (Politics of ageing)
The political roots of population ageing as a policy problem
Social policy demands of the 21st century
Political demography: linking population change to government and politics
Are we heading towards an era of ‘gerontocracy’?
9 What does it mean to live a long life? (Cultural gerontology)
Human ageing: rational, scientific management of old age
Cultural critique of the ‘narrative of decline’
Material culture: the ‘Lively project’
10 What are my next steps? (Conclusions, reflections and actions)
Pulling it all together: themes and issues for further research
Language and the moral economy of ageing
11 Now that you know about ageing … (Additional questions and revision)
Chapter 2: Ageism and ageist stereotyping
Chapter 3: Retirement, active ageing and working longer
Chapter 4: Care and support in later life
Chapter 5: Diversity among the ageing population
Chapter 7: The myth of intergenerational conflict
Chapter 9: Cultural gerontology
Chapter 2: Ageism and ageist stereotyping
Chapter 3: Retirement, active ageing and working longer
Chapter 4: Care and support in later life
Chapter 5: Diversity among the ageing population
Chapter 7: The myth of intergenerational conflict
Chapter 9: Cultural gerontology
Appendix 1: Review exercise 1 – detailed instructions on constructing a population pyramid
Appendix 2: World Health Organization liveability framework domains
