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Aine Ni Leime - Gender, Ageing and Extended Working Life: Cross-National Perspectives - 9781447325116 - V9781447325116
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Gender, Ageing and Extended Working Life: Cross-National Perspectives

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Description for Gender, Ageing and Extended Working Life: Cross-National Perspectives Hardback. A challenge to the assumption that there is appropriate employment available for people who are expected to retire later and the gender-neutral way the expectation for extending working lives is presented in most policy-making circles. Editor(s): Ni Leime, Aine; Street, Debra; Vickerstaff, Sarah; Krekula, Clary. Series: Ageing in a Global Context. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
International contributors apply lifecourse approaches to understanding evolving definitions of work and retirement. They consider the range of transitions from paid work to retirement that are potentially different for women and men in different family circumstances and occupational locations, and offer solutions governments should consider to enable them to evaluate existing policies.

Product Details

Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Ageing in a Global Context
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447325116
SKU
V9781447325116
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Aine Ni Leime
Aine Ni Leime is a Marie Sklodowska Curie International Outgoing Research Fellow at the National University of Ireland Galway. She conducts research on gender, ageing and work. Debra Street is Chair of the Department of Sociology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. Sarah Vickerstaff is Professor of Work and Employment at the University ... Read more

Reviews for Gender, Ageing and Extended Working Life: Cross-National Perspectives
A compelling and much-needed analysis of the different challenges facing older women and men, as pressures to extend working lives intensify. David Lain, Brighton Business School The 11 contributions challenge widely accepted assumptions about later-life work and retirement by grounding their reflections in empirical evidence from a range of national and international sources... Overall, this book offers a ... Read more

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