Phyllis Moen

Encore Adulthood

Boomers on the Edge of Risk, Renewal, and Purpose

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Produktbeschreibung

In Encore Adulthood, Phyllis Moen presents the realities of the encore life stage - the years between traditional careers and childraising and old age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780199357284
• ISBN-10: 0199357285
• Artikelnr.: 47865149

Autorenporträt

Phyllis Moen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota where she holds a McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: An Encore to Adulthood
Agenda #1: Recognizing Inertia
Chapter 2: Outdated Career and Life Course Templates
Chapter 3: Context: Inertia, Upheavals, Inequality
Agenda #2: Time Shifting Improvisations
Chapter 4: Improvising Plans for the Future
Chapter 5: Improvising Work, Civic Engagement, Retirement
Chapter 6: Improvising Health, Well-Being, Purpose
Agenda #3: Innovations
Chapter 7: Institutional Work, Pockets of Change
Chapter 8: Transforming Institutions and Lives