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Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy

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Abstract

This paper provides a critical assessment of academic and policy approaches to population ageing with an emphasis on the baby boomer cohort and constructions of late-life identity. It is suggested that policy towards an ageing population has shifted in focus, away from particular social hazards and towards an attempt to re-engineer the meaning of legitimate ageing and social participation in later life. Three themes are identified: constructing the baby boomers as a force for social change, a downward drift of the age associated with 'older people' and a shift away from defining ageing identities through consumption, bacl towards work and production. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications for future social and public policy.

Publication Date Sep 1, 2007
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Quality in Ageing
Print ISSN 1471-7794
Publisher Emerald
Pages 32-40
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200700019
Keywords Baby boomers, Identity, Consumers, Retirement, Older workers, Resources
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200700019

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