The Political Economy of Longevity: Developing New Forms of Solidarity for Later Life

Aging populations now exert influence on all aspects of social life. This article examines changes to major social and economic institutions linked with old age, taking the period from the mid-20th century to the opening decades of the 21st century. These developments are set within the context of t...

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Autor principal: Phillipson, Chris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Special Section: Human Longevity, Utopia, and Solidarity
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4312972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25678722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tsq.12082
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description Aging populations now exert influence on all aspects of social life. This article examines changes to major social and economic institutions linked with old age, taking the period from the mid-20th century to the opening decades of the 21st century. These developments are set within the context of the influence of globalization as well as the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, these restructuring debates around the longevity revolution. The article examines how the basis for a new framework for accommodating longevity can be built, outlining ways of securing new forms of solidarity in later life.
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spelling pubmed-43129722015-02-10 The Political Economy of Longevity: Developing New Forms of Solidarity for Later Life Phillipson, Chris Sociol Q Special Section: Human Longevity, Utopia, and Solidarity Aging populations now exert influence on all aspects of social life. This article examines changes to major social and economic institutions linked with old age, taking the period from the mid-20th century to the opening decades of the 21st century. These developments are set within the context of the influence of globalization as well as the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, these restructuring debates around the longevity revolution. The article examines how the basis for a new framework for accommodating longevity can be built, outlining ways of securing new forms of solidarity in later life. BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015-01 2015-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4312972/ /pubmed/25678722 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tsq.12082 Text en © 2015 The Authors. The Sociological Quarterly published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Midwest Sociological Society. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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