Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society

ISBN-13: 9780415482080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 383 str.

Blossfeld Hans-

Opis

This impressive new collection focuses on the effects of the globalization process on late-midlife workers and the exit from employment - a relationship that has up to now mostly been neglected in social science literature on aging and employment.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Late Careers and Retirement in Times of Accelerating Social Change: An Introduction  2. Late Careers and Retirement in International Comparison   3. Public Attitudes to Retirement in Times of Accelerating Social Change  4. Late Careers and Retirement in Germany  5. Late Careers and Retirement in the Netherlands  6. Late Careers and Retirement in Sweden  7. Late Careers and Retirement in Denmark  8. Late Careers and Retirement in Norway  9. Late Careers and Retirement in Hungary  10. Late Careers and Retirement in Estonia  11. Late Careers and Retirement in the Czech Republic  12. Late Careers and Retirement in Poland  13. Late Careers and Retirement in Slovenia  14. Late Careers and Retirement in Great Britain  15. Late Careers and Retirement in Canada  16. Late Careers and Retirement in the United States  17. Late Careers and Retirement in Italy  18. Late Careers and Retirement in Spain  19. Late Careers and Retirement in Times of Accelerating Social Change: Conclusions

O autorze

Hans-Peter Blossfield is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bamberg, Germany.

Sandra Buchholz is a Researcher in Sociology at the University of Bamberg, Germany.

Dirk Hofäcker is a Researcher in Sociology at the University of Bamberg, Germany.