All Outputs (3)

Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy (2007)
Journal Article
Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., Leach, R., & Money, A. (2007). Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 8(3), 32-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200700019

This paper provides a critical assessment of academic and policy approaches to population ageing with an emphasis on the baby boomer cohort and constructions of late-life identity. It is suggested that policy towards an ageing population has shifted... Read More about Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy.

Boomers and Beyond: Intergenerational Consumption and the Mature Imagination (2007)
Report
Leach, R., Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., & Money, A. (2007). Boomers and Beyond: Intergenerational Consumption and the Mature Imagination. TBC

Post-war baby boomers (born 1945–1954) have been at the forefront of social change in Britain, notably in the area of consumption. They have come under scrutiny, partly because of public perceptions that this large cohort will place unprecedented pre... Read More about Boomers and Beyond: Intergenerational Consumption and the Mature Imagination.

The Age-shift: observations on social policy, ageism and the dynamics of the adult lifecourse (2007)
Journal Article
Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., Money, A., & Leach, R. (2007). The Age-shift: observations on social policy, ageism and the dynamics of the adult lifecourse. Journal of Social Work Practice, 20(3), 239 - 250. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650530600931708

Through a critical engagement with policy trends, we ask how shifts in ideologies of ageing might influence the possibilities available to adults as they grow older. Of particular interest are the implications for how people are being encouraged to t... Read More about The Age-shift: observations on social policy, ageism and the dynamics of the adult lifecourse.