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Population ageing from a life-course perspective

Komp, K., & Johansson, S. (Eds.) (2015), Population ageing from a lifecourse perspective. Critical and international approaches. Bristol: Policy Press. Populations around the globe are ageing rapidly. This demographic shift affects families, market structures and social provisions. This timely volume, part of the Ageing and the Lifecourse series, argues that the lifecourse perspective helps us understand the causes and effects of population ageing. The lifecourse perspective suggests that individuals’ experiences…

Abstract submission for Vienna 2016 now open…closing 30 September!

Please submit your abstracts for Vienna 2016, using this link: http://www.isa-sociology.org/forum-2016/ But hurry, the deadline of 30th of September is strictly adhered to! RC11 has a fantastic range of sessions that are now open for abstract submission: Ageing and the Body: Twenty Years on Ageing and the Economic Crisis Ageing in Place in a Mobile World: New Media and Older People’s Support Networks Aging Society and New Welfare Policies Aging, Health and Life Course: Theoretical Issues and Methodological Problems Aging, Identity, and the Body Digital Technologies, Ageing and Everyday Life New Social Roles of Older People Older Men Public Policies and Responsible Innovation in Response to the Population Aging Challenge /Políticas Públicas e Innovación Responsable como Respuesta al Desafío del Envejecimiento Poblacional Social Epidemiology of Aging The Fourth Age: “Real” Old Age? The Future of Older Persons in Global Perspective The Work of Care: Ageing, Inequalities and Supply of Care Workers Work, Aging, and Health