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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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-142019 2023-10-09T21:54:32+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:umu:diva-142019 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2017.11.002 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper Umeå universitet, Enheten för demografi och åldrandeforskning (CEDAR) Journal of Aging Studies, 0890-4065, 2018, 44, s. 1-8 orcid:0000-0002-8758-5704 orcid:0000-0002-9214-0099 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-142019 doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2017.11.002 PMID 29502784 ISI:000428974600001 Scopus 2-s2.0-85034075688 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Extended working life Retirement Ageing Moral geography Ethnology Etnologi Gerontology specialising in Medical and Health Sciences Gerontologi medicinsk/hälsovetenskaplig inriktning Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2018 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2017.11.002 2023-09-22T13:57:58Z 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. Paths to healthy and active ageing Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Journal of Aging Studies 44 1 8 |
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Extended working life Retirement Ageing Moral geography Ethnology Etnologi Gerontology specialising in Medical and Health Sciences Gerontologi medicinsk/hälsovetenskaplig inriktning Lundgren, Anna Sofia Liliequist, Evelina Sjöstedt Landén, Angelika Between activity and solidarity : comprehending retirement and extendedworking lives in Swedish rural areas |
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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. Paths to healthy and active ageing |
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Lundgren, Anna Sofia Liliequist, Evelina Sjöstedt Landén, Angelika |
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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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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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between activity and solidarity : comprehending retirement and extendedworking lives in swedish rural areas |
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