Policy Press

Ethnicity and Old Age

Expanding our Imagination

By Sandra Torres

Published

Sep 16, 2020

Page count

232 pages

Browse the series

Ageing in a Global Context

ISBN

978-1447328124

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Apr 17, 2019

Page count

232 pages

Browse the series

Ageing in a Global Context

ISBN

978-1447328117

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Apr 17, 2019

Page count

232 pages

Browse the series

Ageing in a Global Context

ISBN

978-1447328155

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Apr 17, 2019

Page count

232 pages

Browse the series

Ageing in a Global Context

ISBN

978-1447328162

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press
Ethnicity and Old Age

Winner of the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award 2021.

Part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, this book proposes a new research agenda for scholarship that focuses on ethnicity, race and old age. It argues that in a time of increased international migration, population ageing and ethno-cultural diversity, scholarly imagination must be expanded as current research frameworks are becoming obsolete.

By bringing attention to the way that ethnicity and race have been addressed in research on ageing and old age, with a focus on health inequalities, health and social care, intergenerational relationships and caregiving, the book proposes how research can be developed in an ethnicity astute and diversity informed manner.

Sandra Torres is Professor of Sociology and the Chair in Social Gerontology at Uppsala University, whose scholarly contributions aim to expand the gerontological imagination on ethnicity, race and migration.

Part 1: Setting the stage for theorising;

Introduction;

Population aging and international migration;

Ethnicity and race: from essentialism to constructionism;

Part II: Theorising via a scoping review: what we know and need to find out;

Literature on Health Inequalities;

Literature on Health and Social Care ;

Literature on Social Relations and Caregiving;

A new agenda: where we are at and need to head;

Appendix: how the scoping review was conducted.