Martin Hyde is Associate Professor in Gerontology at the Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University. His research looks at global ageing, and work, health and retirement in later life.Paul Higgs is Professor of the Sociology of Ageing at University College London. He has researched the changing nature of later life for over 20 years and is a co-editor of the journal 'Social Theory and Health'.

• Introduction of key terms and debates;Age, ageing and later life;Gerontological approaches to globalization;Global geographies of health in later life;The family life of older people in a global context;Pensions, work and poverty. The financial landscapes of ageing and later life;A global Third Age? Identities in later life;The global politics and policies of ageing;Conclusion: The necessity of understanding globalization for studying later life.

"This pioneering work demonstrates the urgency to conceptualize the different dynamics and layers of globalisation as they contextualize emerging forms of ageing." Jan Baars, University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands "At last a book that offers a comprehensive introduction to theories of ageing and globalisation while using empirical data to nuance our understandings of these phenomena." Sandra Torres, Uppsala University, Sweden

Martin Hyde is Associate Professor in Gerontology at the Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University. His research looks at global ageing, and work, health and retirement in later life.Paul Higgs is Professor of the Sociology of Ageing at University College London. He has researched the changing nature of later life for over 20 years and is a co-editor of the journal 'Social Theory and Health'.

• Introduction of key terms and debates;Age, ageing and later life;Gerontological approaches to globalization;Global geographies of health in later life;The family life of older people in a global context;Pensions, work and poverty. The financial landscapes of ageing and later life;A global Third Age? Identities in later life;The global politics and policies of ageing;Conclusion: The necessity of understanding globalization for studying later life.

"This pioneering work demonstrates the urgency to conceptualize the different dynamics and layers of globalisation as they contextualize emerging forms of ageing." Jan Baars, University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands "At last a book that offers a comprehensive introduction to theories of ageing and globalisation while using empirical data to nuance our understandings of these phenomena." Sandra Torres, Uppsala University, Sweden

Martin Hyde is Associate Professor in Gerontology at the Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University. His research looks at global ageing, and work, health and retirement in later life.Paul Higgs is Professor of the Sociology of Ageing at University College London. He has researched the changing nature of later life for over 20 years and is a co-editor of the journal 'Social Theory and Health'.

• Introduction of key terms and debates;Age, ageing and later life;Gerontological approaches to globalization;Global geographies of health in later life;The family life of older people in a global context;Pensions, work and poverty. The financial landscapes of ageing and later life;A global Third Age? Identities in later life;The global politics and policies of ageing;Conclusion: The necessity of understanding globalization for studying later life.

"This pioneering work demonstrates the urgency to conceptualize the different dynamics and layers of globalisation as they contextualize emerging forms of ageing." Jan Baars, University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands "At last a book that offers a comprehensive introduction to theories of ageing and globalisation while using empirical data to nuance our understandings of these phenomena." Sandra Torres, Uppsala University, Sweden