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Biographies of ageing in Beck’s risk society

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ID12643003
AuthorsCassie Curryer (0000-0001-7282-3338, University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author), Mel Gray (0000-0002-9886-5138, University of Newcastle Australia), Julie Byles (0000-0002-3984-6877, University of Newcastle Australia)
Year2018
Volume54
Issue2
Pages249-263
Publication date2018-04-04
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1440-7833 • E-ISSN: 1741-2978
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1440783318766150
OpenAlexW2796444473
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited34

Drawing on free-text survey comments from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health (ALSWH), this article explores themes of transition and change in the lives of 150 women baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1951) in relation to Beck’s theories of the risk society, reflexive modernisation and individualisation. Few studies have explicitly explored ageing through Beck’s theoretical lenses. However, Beck’s emphasis on interactional processes of social, individual and structural change has much to offer for sociological studies of ageing. A key premise is that of complex adaptation and change as people age, with focus on the socio-political contexts in which the post-Second World War baby boomer generation will live out their later years

Ageing · Baby boomers · Demographic economics · Economics · Generation x · Life course approach · Longitudinal data · Longitudinal study · Social science · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Gerontology

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