Civic Engagement in Later Life
Edited by Rodrigo Serrat
ISBN
978-1447373537Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressISBN
978-1447373544Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
Civic Engagement in Later Life
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
Older adults’ civic engagement has become a key concern in academic and policy debates in recent years. However, existing studies on this topic remain fragmented across various conceptual and methodological approaches.
This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and multidimensional perspective on older adults' civic engagement. It proposes a conceptual framework which understands civic engagement as a multidimensional concept encompassing a diversity of activities through which older adults contribute to their communities and wider society. Contributors explore the factors shaping older adults’ participation in various civic activities across the life course, considering their diversity in terms of social locations such as gender, health status, migrant background, socioeconomic background and residential arrangements.
By analysing past and current research, policy and practice, the book offers recommendations for future efforts to advance the field.
Rodrigo Serrat is Associate Professor at the Department of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology at the University of Barcelona.
Part 1: Civic Engagement in Later Life: Conceptual and Methodological Aspects
1. A Conceptual Framework to Understand Civic Engagement in Later Life – Rodrigo Serrat
2. What Characterizes Civic Engagement in Later Life? Micro-, Meso- And Macro-Level Influences – Toon Vercauteren, Fredrica Nyqvist and Marina Näsman
3. A Life-Course Approach to Civic Engagement in Later Life – Sandra Torres and Rodrigo Serrat
Part 2: Understanding Multidimensional Civic Engagement in Later Life
4. Informal Helping Behaviours in Later Life – Montse Celdrán and Karima Chacur-Kiss
5. Associational Memberships in Later Life – Fredrica Nyqvist, Mikael Nygärd and Emilia Häkkinen
6. Older People's Formal Volunteering – Sarah Dury, Erin Grinshteyn and Marja Aartsen
7. Older People's Political Participation – Rodrigo Serrat and Clemens Tesch-Römer
8. Digital Civic Engagement in Later Life – Arlind Reuter and Thomas Scharf
Part 3: Civic Engagement within a Diverse Older Population
9. Older People with Disabilities – Maria Dolores Majon Valpuesta and Mélanie Levasseur
10. Older People Living in Long-Term Care Settings – Feliciano Villar and Inma Peiró-Milián
11. Older People with Diverse Migrant Backgrounds – Pernilla Ågård and Sandra Torres
12. Older People Living in Socially Disadvantaged Urban Areas – Bas Dikmans, Sarah Dury and Liesbeth de Donder
13. Older People Living in Rural Communities – Rachel Winterton, Mark Skinner and Kieran Walsh
Part 4: Future Directions for Policy and Research into Late Life Civic Engagement
14. Looking back and Moving Forward: Future Directions for Research on Civic Engagement in Later Life – Rodrigo Serrat
