Becoming and Being Old: Sociological Approaches to Later Life

Abstract

Introduction PART ONE: BECOMING OLD Property Rites? An Investigation of Tenure Change in Middle Age - Cherrie Stubbs Between Work and Retirement - Frank Laczko Becoming 'Old' in the 1980s Work-Ending - Tom Schuller Employment and Ambiguity in Later Life A Part to Play - Jonathan Long Men Experiencing Leisure through Retirement PART TWO: BEING OLD Transitions in Caring - Sara Arber and G Nigel Gilbert Gender, Life Course and the Care of the Elderly Poverty, Care and Age - Bill Bytheway A Case Study Differentiation in Later Life - Maria Evandrou and Christina R Victor Social Class and Housing Tenure Cleavages The Living Arrangements of the Elderly in Europe in the 1980s - Richard Wall PART THREE: OLD AGE Ageing and Old Age - Mike Featherstone and Mike Hepworth Reflections on the Postmodern Life Course Does Age Matter? The Case of Old Age in Minority Ethnic Groups - Ken Blakemore