Precarity and Ageing: Understanding Insecurity and Risk in Later Life

What risks and insecurities do older people face in a time of both increased longevity and widening inequality?

This edited collection develops an exciting new approach to understanding the changing cultural, economic and social circumstances facing different groups of older people. Exploring a range of topics, the chapters provide a critical review of the concept of precarity, highlighting the experiences of ageing that occur within the context of societal changes tied to declining social protection. Drawing together insights from leading voices across a range of disciplines, the book underscores the pressing need to address inequality across the life course and into later life.

Sarah Vickerstaff is Professor of Work and Employment at the University of Kent.

Wendy Loretto is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the University of Edinburgh Business School, UK. Her research focuses on the intersections between gender and age in employment.

David Lain is Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies at Newcastle University.

Stephen Katz is Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology and Distinguished Research Award recipient at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada. He is author of books Disciplining Old Age (1996) and Cultural Aging (2005) and publications on ageing bodies, technologies, critical gerontology, biopolitics, sexuality, and cognitive impairment.

Amanda Grenier is Professor in Health Aging and Society, the Gilbrea Chair in Aging and Mental Health, and the Director of the Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging at McMaster University.