Ageing through austerity
Critical perspectives from Ireland
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gerontology, Demography
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781447334408 | |
| Publisher: | Policy Press | Publication: | June 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Policy Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781447334408 |
| Publisher: | Policy Press |
| Publication: | June 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Policy Press |
| Language: | English |
Demographic ageing is identified as a global challenge with significant social policy implications. This book explores these implications, with a particular focus on the pressures and prospects for ageing societies in the context of austerity. The book presents a carefully crafted study of ageing in Ireland, one of the countries hardest hit by the Eurozone financial crisis. Providing a close, critical analysis of ageing and social policy that draws directly on the perspectives of older people, the text makes significant advances in framing alternatives to austerity-driven government policy and neoliberalism, giving a refreshing interdisciplinary account of contemporary ageing.
Demographic ageing is identified as a global challenge with significant social policy implications. This book explores these implications, with a particular focus on the pressures and prospects for ageing societies in the context of austerity. The book presents a carefully crafted study of ageing in Ireland, one of the countries hardest hit by the Eurozone financial crisis. Providing a close, critical analysis of ageing and social policy that draws directly on the perspectives of older people, the text makes significant advances in framing alternatives to austerity-driven government policy and neoliberalism, giving a refreshing interdisciplinary account of contemporary ageing.
