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Published in association with the British Society of Gerontology, this major new series addresses broad cross-cutting issues around ageing in a global society. The books present innovative perspectives, reflecting a balance of topics across the global south and north, that will transform debate in this fast-moving field.

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13 results in Ageing in a Global Context

Retirement Migration and Precarity in Later Life

Ageing, Men and Social Relations
  • New Perspectives on Masculinities and Men's Social Connections in Later Life
  • Edited by Paul Willis, Ilkka Pietilä, Marjaana Seppänen
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    18 January 2024
    Print publication:
    30 March 2023
  • While there has been an increase in scholarship on men, ageing and masculinities, little attention has been paid to the social relations of men in later life. This collection fills this gap by foregrounding older men's experiences, providing new perspectives across the intersections of old age, ethnicities, class and sexual and gender identity.

Care for Older Adults in India
  • Living Arrangements and Quality of Life
  • Edited by Ajay Bailey, Martin Hyde, K. S. James
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    13 October 2022
    Print publication:
    31 May 2022
  • India’s ageing population is growing rapidly. This book examines living arrangements across India and their impact on the provision of care for older adults in India.

The Environments of Ageing
  • Space, Place and Materiality
  • Sheila Peace
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    15 September 2022
    Print publication:
    24 February 2022
  • Providing the first UK assessment of environmental gerontology, this book enriches current understanding of the spatiality of ageing. It contextualises personal experience in national and local spaces and places, considers the value of intergenerational and age-related living and global to local concerns for population ageing in light of COVID-19.

Ageing and the Crisis in Health and Social Care
  • Global and National Perspectives
  • Bethany Simmonds
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    30 April 2022
    Print publication:
    04 November 2021
  • Current and future provision of health and social care for older people is explored in this timely study. It draws on examples from Germany, Sweden and the UK to measure the impact of trends including neoliberalisation and marketisation, and it considers new solutions to contemporary challenges in a complex care system.

Disability and Ageing
  • Towards a Critical Perspective
  • Ann Leahy
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    16 April 2023
    Print publication:
    12 July 2021
  • Establishing a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue, this text engages with the typically disparate fields of social gerontology and disability studies. It investigates the experiences of two groups rarely considered together in research - people ageing with long-term disability and people first experiencing disability with ageing.

Ethnicity and Old Age
  • Expanding our Imagination
  • Sandra Torres
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    27 April 2022
    Print publication:
    17 April 2019
  • By bringing attention to the way that ethnicity and race have been addressed in research on ageing and old age, with a focus on health inequalities, health and social care, intergenerational relationships and caregiving, this book proposes how research can be developed in an ethnicity astute and diversity informed manner.

Intersections of Ageing, Gender and Sexualities
  • Multidisciplinary International Perspectives
  • Edited by Andrew King, Kathryn Almack, Rebecca L. Jones
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    27 April 2022
    Print publication:
    21 March 2019
  • This edited collection examines ageing, gender, and sexualities from multidisciplinary and geographically diverse perspectives and looks at how these factors combine with other social divisions to affect experiences of ageing.

Age-Friendly Cities and Communities
  • A Global Perspective
  • Edited by Tine Buffel, Sophie Handler, Chris Phillipson
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    12 April 2022
    Print publication:
    17 January 2018
  • This important book provides a comprehensive survey of different strategies for developing age-friendly communities, and the extent to which older people themselves can be involved in the co-production of age-friendly policies and practices.

Gender, Ageing and Extended Working Life

Intimacy and Ageing
  • New Relationships in Later Life
  • Torbjörn Bildtgård, Peter Öberg
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    05 April 2022
    Print publication:
    21 June 2017
  • This timely book, part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, addresses the gap in knowledge about late life repartnering and provides a comprehensive map of the changing landscape of late life intimacy.

Ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Spaces and Practices of Care
  • Edited by Jaco Hoffman, Katrien Pype
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    05 April 2022
    Print publication:
    07 July 2016
  • This in-depth ethnographic analysis provides the pan-African evidence and analysis needed to move forward debates about who and how to address the long-term care needs of older people in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ageing and Globalisation
  • Martin Hyde, Paul Higgs
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    05 April 2022
    Print publication:
    06 July 2016
  • This book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how population ageing and globalisation - two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred - interact.