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Positive Aging and PrecarityThe Social Reality of Aging

Positive Aging and Precarity: The Social Reality of Aging [This chapter discusses the social reality of aging, emphasizing the discrepancy between positive agingPositive aging discourse and the social reality of agingAging in precarious times. The chapter starts out by describing what it means to be living in precarious times, referring to Baumann’s (2007) “living in liquid times” and Grenier’s “new culture of risk” (Grenier et al. 2017). PrecarityPrecarity is defined as a characteristic of modern work conditions (Kalleberg 2009) and pension transitions (Phillipson et al. 2018) but also a quality of human relations (Butler 2004; Portacolone 2013) and a global phenomenon of increased insecurity (Allison 2013). The implications of precarityPrecarity for agingAging are discussed by examining the inconsistencies between the positive agingPositive aging discourse and the social reality of aging. Several examples are used to illustrate this point: precarious workPrecarious work and “disappearing pensions,” the insecurity associated with lonelinessLoneliness, healthHealth decline in old age, and the “precariatised mind” as defined by Guy Standing (2011). The “precariatised mind” concept is used to explain how precarityPrecarity may shape cognitions and emotions.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Positive Aging and PrecarityThe Social Reality of Aging

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
ISBN
978-3-030-14254-4
Pages
53 –64
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-14255-1_4
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Abstract

[This chapter discusses the social reality of aging, emphasizing the discrepancy between positive agingPositive aging discourse and the social reality of agingAging in precarious times. The chapter starts out by describing what it means to be living in precarious times, referring to Baumann’s (2007) “living in liquid times” and Grenier’s “new culture of risk” (Grenier et al. 2017). PrecarityPrecarity is defined as a characteristic of modern work conditions (Kalleberg 2009) and pension transitions (Phillipson et al. 2018) but also a quality of human relations (Butler 2004; Portacolone 2013) and a global phenomenon of increased insecurity (Allison 2013). The implications of precarityPrecarity for agingAging are discussed by examining the inconsistencies between the positive agingPositive aging discourse and the social reality of aging. Several examples are used to illustrate this point: precarious workPrecarious work and “disappearing pensions,” the insecurity associated with lonelinessLoneliness, healthHealth decline in old age, and the “precariatised mind” as defined by Guy Standing (2011). The “precariatised mind” concept is used to explain how precarityPrecarity may shape cognitions and emotions.]

Published: May 11, 2019

Keywords: Precarity; Aging; Health; Loneliness; Precarious work; Insecure pensions

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