Ageing and diversity

Svein Olav Daatland is a senior researcher at Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), and a former Director of the Norwegian Institute of Gerontology. He has been active in European studies on ageing and the welfare state, and has published extensively on ageing, intergenerational relationships, and welfare policy both in the Nordic countries and internationally. Simon Biggs is currently Professor of Social Gerontology at Keele University, UK. He has published work on social gerontology, social work, applied psychology and social policy both in the UK and the US. He is currently an executive member of the European Masters Programme in Gerontology, sponsored by the European Commission.

• Ageing and diversity: a critical introduction ~ Simon Biggs and Svein Olav Daatland; Section I: Individual pathways: Ageing differently: potential and limits ~ Jacqui Smith and Denis Gerstorf; The personal meaning of individuality and relatedness: gender differences in middle and late adulthood ~ Gerben J. Westerhof and Christina Bode; Diversity, health and ageing ~ Lars Andersson and Peter Öberg; Gender trajectories: how age and marital status influence patterns of gender inequality in later life ~ Sara Arber; Section II: Social identifications: The search for ageing identities ~ Andrew Blaikie; New ageism: age imperialism, personal experience and ageing policy ~ Simon Biggs; Sexuality in gerontology: a heteronormative presence, a queer absence ~ Ann Cronin; Section III: Migration and otherness: Making sense of the construct of successful ageing: the migrant experience ~ Sandra Torres; Older foreign migrants in Europe: multiple pathways and welfare positions ~ Tony Warnes; Transnational communities, migration and changing identities in later life: a new research agenda ~ Chris Phillipson and Nilufar Ahmed; Section IV: Structure and agency: Societal trends and lifecourse events affecting diversity in later life ~ Jenny De Jong Gierveld; Quality of life and social inequality in old age ~ Andreas Motel-Klingebiel; Class, power and inequality in later life ~ Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard; Ageing and diversity, what next? ~ Svein Olav Daatland and Simon Biggs.

"... another excellent text from The Policy Press. The editors have done an excellent job of bringing together some of the leading writers on social gerontology from across Western Europe ... a very stimulating read." Journal of Social Policy