Precarity and Ageing

Precarity and ageing: new perspectives for social gerontology ~ Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson and Richard A. Settersten Jr

PART I: Life course perspectives on precarity

How life course dynamics matter for precarity in later life ~ Richard A. Settersten Jr

Precarious life, human development and the life course: critical intersections ~ Stephen Katz

PART II: Precarity across situations

Rereading frailty through a lens of precarity: an explication of politics and the human condition of vulnerability ~ Amanda Grenier

Older workers and ontological precarity: between precarious employment, precarious welfare and precarious households ~ David Lain, Laura Airey, Wendy Loretto, Sarah Vickerstaff

Precarity, migration, and aging ~ Karen Kobayashi and Mushira Mohsin Khan

A framework to identify precarity in the social sciences: insights from qualitative research ~ Elena Portacolone

PART III: Austerity, care and social responses to precarity

Reconstructing dependency: precarity, precariousness and care in old age ~ Michael Fine

From precarious employment to precarious retirement: neoliberal health and long-term care in the United States ~ Larry Polivka and Baozhen Luo

Austerity and precarity: individual and collective agency in later life ~ Chris Phillipson;

Conclusion: precarity and ageing in the 21st century ~ Chris Phillipson, Amanda Grenier and Richard A. Settersten Jr