Precarity and Ageing

Amanda Grenier is the Norman and Honey Schipper Chair in Gerontological Social Work at the University of Toronto. Chris Phillipson is Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology at the University of Manchester. He has published a number of general books in the field of ageing as well as a number of papers relating to inequality and social exclusion. Richard A. Settersten Jr is the Barbara Knudson Endowed Chair and Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University.

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