Civic Engagement in Later Life

Rodrigo Serrat is Associate Professor at the Department of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology at the University of Barcelona.

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 Characterizes 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 – Montse Celdrán and Karima Chacur-Kiss


5. Associational Memberships in Later Life – Fredrica Nyqvist, Mikael Nygärd 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 – Maria Dolores Majon Valpuesta and Mélanie Levasseur


10. Older People Living in Long-Term Care Settings – Feliciano Villar and Inma Peiró-Milián


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


12. Older People Living in Socially Disadvantaged Urban Areas – 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