Between activity and solidarity : Comprehending retirement and extendedworking lives in Swedish rural areas
The expected costs of population ageing have generally led to perceived needs to postpone the age of retirement. Drawing on 20 semi-structured interviews, the aim of this paper is to describe the ways that the possibility of an extended working life is comprehended by persons over the age of 60 livi...
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ftmittuniv:oai:DiVA.org:miun-32290 2023-05-15T17:44:34+02:00 Between activity and solidarity : Comprehending retirement and extendedworking lives in Swedish rural areas Lundgren, Anna Sofia Liliequist, Evelina Sjöstedt Landén, Angelika 2018 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-32290 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2017.11.002 eng eng Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för samhällsvetenskap Umeå Universitet Journal of Aging Studies, 0890-4065, 2018, 44:March 2018, s. 1-8 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-32290 doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2017.11.002 PMID 29502784 ISI:000428974600001 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Extended working life Retirement Ageing Moral geography Other Humanities Annan humaniora Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2018 ftmittuniv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2017.11.002 2023-04-07T06:10:01Z The expected costs of population ageing have generally led to perceived needs to postpone the age of retirement. Drawing on 20 semi-structured interviews, the aim of this paper is to describe the ways that the possibility of an extended working life is comprehended by persons over the age of 60 living in sparsely populated areas in northern Sweden. While defining themselves as active, the interviewees argued strongly in favour of the right to retire. What are often described as opposing retiree subject positions – healthy and active vs. vulnerable and dependent – were partly transgressed in the interviews. The interviewees performed a solidarity that had the potential of including their future selves as possible objects of solidarity. Another important result was that in comprehending the possibility of an extended working life, morally charged notions of geographic place became central. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Mid Sweden University: Publications (DiVA) Journal of Aging Studies 44 1 8 |
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The expected costs of population ageing have generally led to perceived needs to postpone the age of retirement. Drawing on 20 semi-structured interviews, the aim of this paper is to describe the ways that the possibility of an extended working life is comprehended by persons over the age of 60 living in sparsely populated areas in northern Sweden. While defining themselves as active, the interviewees argued strongly in favour of the right to retire. What are often described as opposing retiree subject positions – healthy and active vs. vulnerable and dependent – were partly transgressed in the interviews. The interviewees performed a solidarity that had the potential of including their future selves as possible objects of solidarity. Another important result was that in comprehending the possibility of an extended working life, morally charged notions of geographic place became central. |
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Between activity and solidarity : Comprehending retirement and extendedworking lives in Swedish rural areas |
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Between activity and solidarity : Comprehending retirement and extendedworking lives in Swedish rural areas |
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