Baby boomers and adult ageing in public policy - the changing relationship between production and consumption (RLeach).pdf
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Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy
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 |
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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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