Ageing in a Consumer Society: From Passive to Active Consumption in Britain (Ageing and the Lifecourse Series)

Ageing in a Consumer Society: From Passive to Active Consumption in Britain (Ageing and the Lifecourse Series)


Yazar Chris Gilleard
Yayınevi Policy Press
ISBN 9781861348821
Baskı yılı 2008
Sayfa sayısı 160
Ağırlık 0.29 kg
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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. People retiring now are those who participated in the creation of the post-
Social change and later life; The historical evolution of the third age; Cohort, generation and time; Consumption and the changing nature of the household in later life; Later life in consumer society; Income, expenditure and inequalities in later life; C