Ageing in a consumer society: From passive to active consumption in Britain (Ageing and the Lifecourse) - Hardcover

Rees Jones, Ian; Hyde, Martin; Victor, Christina R.; Wiggins, Richard D.; Gilleard, Chris; Higgs, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861348835 ISBN 13: 9781861348838

Publisher: Policy Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book provides a unique critical perspective on the changing nature of later life by examining the engagement of older people with consumer society in Britain since the 1960s.

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About the Authors

Ian Rees Jones is Professor of Sociological Research at Cardiff University and Director of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD).

Martin Hyde is Associate Professor in Gerontology and Research Director at the Awen Institute at Swansea University, UK.

CHRISTINA R. VICTOR is Professor of Gerontology and Public Health and Director for Health Ageing in the Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies at Brunel University, West London, and a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. Her main research interests are in the areas of ageing and later life, including health status, social networks and social relationships, loneliness and isolation, and the ageing of minority communities.

Chris Gilleard is Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Social & Policy Sciences at the University of Bath and the Division of Psychiatry at University College London. He has published in the areas of psychology, medicine, history and sociology as they relate to ageing and old age. He is also a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Paul Higgs is Professor of the Sociology of Ageing at University College London. He has published widely on the changing nature of later life and is a co-editor of the journal 'Social Theory and Health'. Paul is also a fellow of both the Academy of Social Sciences and the Gerontological Society of America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1861348835
• ISBN 13: 9781861348838
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160