Transition into Adulthood, Life Course, Inequalities and Social Change

Rek‐Woźniak, Magdalena

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“…Major discourses on aging and late life often focus on health, activity and success. Yet beneath these accolades of 'longevity as a story of success' is evidence of widening inequality among older people (Biggs, 2014;Ferraro & Shippee, 2009;Rek-Woźniak, 2014). Where risks related to labor and migration are well documented in early periods of the life course, research tends to overlook the implications of these in late life.…”

Section: Precarity In Late Life: Understanding New Forms Of Risk and mentioning

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Precarity in late life: Understanding new forms of risk and insecurity

Grenier

Phillipson

Rudman

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Journal of Aging Studies

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Abstract:Background: Population aging and longevity in the context of declining social commitments, raises concerns about disadvantage and widening inequality in late life. Objective: This paper explores the usefulness of the concept of precarity for understanding new and sustained forms of risk and vulnerability in late life. Method/Approach: The article reviews the definition of precarity, its uses in a range of scholarly fields including social gerontology, and argues that the concept be extended into considerations of aging and late life. Analysis: We argue that a broadened lens of precarity that is inclusive of aging, time, and care, can be used to situate risk in the economic and political context. Further, that doing so, challenges individual notions of risk, and demonstrates how vulnerabilities not only accumulate, but change at the moment of needing care, in the context of austerity. Discussion/Implications: We conclude that contemporary conditions of austerity and longevity intersect to produce and sustain risk and disadvantage into late life. The concept of precarity thus holds potential to draw attention to disadvantage carried into late life, and render visible new forms of vulnerability that affect late life. Highlights (for Journal of Aging Studies):• Reviews definition and key uses of precarity • Explores the potential of the concept of precarity at three locations • Argues for the extension of precarity into late life • Suggests that precarity is different as a result of care in the context of austerity

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Precarity in late life: Understanding new forms of risk and insecurity

Grenier

Phillipson

Rudman

et al. 2017

Journal of Aging Studies

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Not all experiences of precarious work lead to precarity: the case study of young people at university and their welfare mixes

Antonucci

2018

Journal of Youth Studies

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Precarity and Aging: A Scoping Review

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Background and Objective The concept of precarity holds the potential to understand insecurities and risks experienced by older people in the contemporary social, economic, political and cultural context. This study maps existing conceptualizations of precarity in relation to aging and later life, identifies key themes, and considers the use of precarity in two subfields. Research Design and Methods This article presents the findings of a two-phase scoping study of the international literature on precarity in later life. Phase I involved a review of definitions and understandings of precarity and aging. Phase II explored two emerging subthemes of disability and im/migration as related to aging and late life. Results A total of 121 published studies were reviewed across Phase I and Phase II. Findings reveal that the definition of precarity is connected with insecurity, vulnerability, and labor and that particular social locations, trajectories, or conditions may heighten the risk of precarity in late life. Implications and Discussion The article concludes by outlining the need for conceptual clarity, research on the unique multidimensional features of aging and precarity, the delineation of allied concepts and emerging applications, and the importance of linking research results with processes of theory building and the development of policy directives for change.

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Transition into Adulthood, Life Course, Inequalities and Social Change

Cited by 3 publications

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Precarity in late life: Understanding new forms of risk and insecurity

Precarity in late life: Understanding new forms of risk and insecurity

Not all experiences of precarious work lead to precarity: the case study of young people at university and their welfare mixes

Precarity and Aging: A Scoping Review

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