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Buffel / Doran / Yarker

Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities

Urban Ageing and Spatial Justice

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6855-7
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Erscheinungstermin: 30.07.2024
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Building on an interdisciplinary approach, this book will be relevant to students and scholars in fields ranging from sociology and gerontology to human geography, anthropology, public health, planning, housing, architecture, nursing, social work, social policy, and public governance. The book will also be of particular interest to all those who are searching for innovative and participatory ways to improve the lives of older people living in cities. It will provide innovative theoretical tools for understanding urban ageing issues, as well as key policy messages and practical guidance relevant to policymakers, policy analysts, city administrations, urban planners, business leaders, community developers, leaders of non-governmental and community-based organisations, place-makers, activists, and all those interested in creating a better, and more sustainable, urban future for all.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781447368557
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-4473-6855-7
  • Verlag: Bristol University Press
  • Erscheinungstermin: 30.07.2024
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2024
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 381 g
  • Seiten: 266
  • Format (B x H x T): 156 x 234 x 14 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Herausgeber

Tine Buffel is Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology at the University of Manchester and Director of the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG).

Patty Doran is Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and Deputy Director of the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG).

Sophie Yarker is Lecturer in Health Geography at the University of Salford.

Part 1: Civic Engagement in Later Life: Conceptual and Methodological Aspects

1. A Conceptual Framework to Understand Civic Engagement in Later Life – Rodrigo Serrat

2. What Characterises Civic Engagement in Later Life? Micro-, Meso- And Macro-Level Influences - Toon Vercauteren, Fredrica Nyqvist and Marina Näsman

3. A Life-Course Approach to Civic Engagement in Later Life – Sandra Torres and Rodrigo Serrat

Part 2: Understanding Multidimensional Civic Engagement in Later Life

4. Informal Helping Behaviours in Later Life - Montserrat Celdrán and Karima Chacur-Kiss

5. Associational Membership in Later Life - Fredrica Nyqvist, Mikael Nygård and Emilia Häkkinen

6. Older People’s Formal Volunteering - Sarah Dury, Erin Grinshteyn and Marja Aartsen

7. Older People’s Political Participation - Rodrigo Serrat and Clemens Tesch-Römer

8. Digital Civic Engagement in Later Life - Arlind Reuter and Thomas Scharf

Part 3: Civic Engagement Within a Diverse Older Population

9. Older People with Disabilities - Dolores Majón-Valpuesta and Mélanie Levasseur

10. Older People Living in Residential Aged-Care Facilities - Feliciano Villar and Inma Peiró-Milián

11. Older People with Diverse Migrant Backgrounds - Pernilla Ågård and Sandra Torres

12. Older People Living in Disadvantaged Urban Neighbourhoods - Bas Dikmans, Sarah Dury and Liesbeth De Donder

13. Older People Living in Rural Communities - Rachel Winterton, Mark Skinner and Kieran Walsh

Part 4: Future Directions for Policy and Research Into Late Life Civic Engagement

14. Looking Back and Moving Forward: Future Directions for Research on Civic Engagement in Later Life - Rodrigo Serrat