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Positive Aging and PrecarityIntroduction: Issues of Aging and Precarity

Positive Aging and Precarity: Introduction: Issues of Aging and Precarity [The introduction sets out to describe the issue of agingAging being perceived either as a challenge or problem for contemporary society. The links between positiveAging theoriesaging theoryPositive aging theory, active aging policyActive aging policy and views on agingViews on aging are outlined, and the main research questions and book aims are formulated. A further section of the introduction is dedicated to the methodological framework of the study that formed the base of the present book. Information is offered concerning the choice of study participants and episodic interviewsEpisodic interviews and their methodological relevance for answering the research questions. The last part of the introduction chapter provides a summary of all the chapters included in this book.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
ISBN
978-3-030-14254-4
Pages
1 –13
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-14255-1_1
Publisher site
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Abstract

[The introduction sets out to describe the issue of agingAging being perceived either as a challenge or problem for contemporary society. The links between positiveAging theoriesaging theoryPositive aging theory, active aging policyActive aging policy and views on agingViews on aging are outlined, and the main research questions and book aims are formulated. A further section of the introduction is dedicated to the methodological framework of the study that formed the base of the present book. Information is offered concerning the choice of study participants and episodic interviewsEpisodic interviews and their methodological relevance for answering the research questions. The last part of the introduction chapter provides a summary of all the chapters included in this book.]

Published: May 11, 2019

Keywords: Positive aging theory; Active aging policy; Views on aging; Precarity; Episodic; Interviews; Thematic analysis

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