03619nam 22004933 450 991087886740332120241120175113.09781789907797(electronic bk.)9781789907780(MiAaPQ)EBC31570121(Au-PeEL)EBL31570121(CKB)33468920900041(UtOrBLW)eep9781789907797(OCoLC)1452605023(EXLCZ)993346892090004120240730d2024 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRapidly Increasing Retirement Ages Changing Employment Practices for Older Workers1st ed.Cheltenham, UK :Edward Elgar Publishing Limited,2024.1 online resource (198 pages)Ageing, Work and Welfare SeriesPrint version: Jensen, Per H. Rapidly Increasing Retirement Ages Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited,c2024 9781789907780 Includes bibliographical references.Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. Problematiques, theories and methods -- 2. Discursive change from 'early' towards 'late' exit/retirement -- 3. From a welfare state towards an enabling state -- 4. From closed towards open labour markets -- 5. From the male-breadwinner towards the dual-earner family -- 6. From low towards high (or higher) levels of work ability -- 7. Concluding discussion and perspectives -- References -- Index."This prescient book provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of retirement practices in Denmark, Germany and the UK. Per H. Jensen interrogates the factors behind rapidly increasing retirement ages in these countries between 2000 and 2018. Drawing on the age arrangement approach, Rapidly Increasing Retirement Ages considers the position of older workers in the context of changing norms and ideals, discourses, welfare states, labour markets, and families as well as the changing characteristics of older workers themselves. Jensen uses statistical data to highlight how the developing practices of older workers are prompted by societal transitions from an early to late exit age arrangement. This includes transitions from early to late exit discourses, from welfare states to enabling states, from closed to open labour markets, from male breadwinner to dual breadwinner family models, and from low to high levels of work ability among older workers. In addition Jensen shows how the different dimensions of change are connected and interrelated. Intersectional in its scope, this book posits an illuminating, comprehensive and much-needed response to this growing societal issue. This book is a vital read for academics, researchers and students of sociology, social policy, economics, welfare policy and political science. Providing a thorough examination of older workers in modern society, this book is also of benefit to practitioners and policymakers working in business management, public policy and social welfare"--Provided by publisher.Ageing, Work and Welfare SeriesRetirement ageEuropeOlder peopleEmploymentRetirement ageOlder peopleEmployment.331.398094Jensen Per H1764623Edward Elgar Publishing,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910878867403321Rapidly Increasing Retirement Ages4205567UNINA