The Futures of Old Age »

"The greatest strengths of this book are its breadth of aging-related topics and its ability to provoke thought in the reader. The presentation of both British and American perspectives on elder issues will aid researchers in developing broader perspectives for their work and more sophisticated research questions"                                 
                                                                                    --CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY

What is the future of old age? How will families, services, and economies adapt to an older population? Such questions often provoke extreme and opposing answers: some see aging populations as having the potential to undermine economic growth and prosperity; others see new and exciting ways of living in old age. The Futures of Old Age places these questions in the context of social and political change, and assesses what the various futures of old age might be.

Prepared by the British Society of Gerontology, The Futures of Old Age brings together twenty-one leading UK and US gerontologists, drawing on their expertise and research. The book's seven sections deal with key contemporary themes, including population aging, households and families, health, wealth, pensions, migration, inequalities, gender, and self and identity in later life.

The Futures of Old Age is thought-provoking reading for anyone studying aging, especially for those attending courses in gerontology and related areas, as well as for those concerned with the development of social and economic policy.

is thought-provoking reading for anyone studying aging, especially for those attending courses ingerontology and related areas, as well as for those concerned with the development of social and economic policy.

1	Visions of later life : golden cohort to generation Z	12
2	Future 'conflicts' across generations and cohorts?	20
3	Developments in the life course	30
4	Ageing and social class : an enduring relationship	44
5	Gender and later life : change, choice and constraints	54
6	Ethnicity and old age	62
7	The future of inequalities in retirement income	76
8	Will the baby-boomers be better off than their parents in retirement?	85
9	The future of stock market pensions	98
10	Ageing selves and others : distinctiveness and uniformity in the struggle for intergenerational solidarity	109
11	Biographical work and the future of the ageing self	117
12	Ageing and belief - between tradition and change	125
13	Will our old age be healthier?	138
14	Is there a better future for people with dementia and their families?	147
15	The future of well-being : quality of life of older people in the twenty-first century	154
16	The ageing of family life transitions	164
17	Flying solo in old age : widowed and divorced men and women in later life	172
18	Housing and future living arrangements	180
19	Anti-ageing science and the future of old age	192
20	Ageing and globalization	201
21	The future life course, migration and old age	208