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Social class in later life: Power, identity and lifestyle provides the most up-to-date collection of new and emerging research relevant to contemporary debates on the relationship between class, culture, and later life.

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""A most welcome collection that provides a much-needed and up-to-date orientation on the open frontiers of class across the life course."" ---Martin Kohli, European University Institute and Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences. ""An exciting collection which successfully sets out to re-invigorate the consideration of class in gerontology. The editors have done a fantastic job of bringing the diverse positions adopted by the contributors into dialogue with each other."" ---Professor James Nazroo, Sociology and CCSR, University of Manchester. ""This fascinating edited volume brings together top-notch scholars who each cast a unique lens on a rarely studied topic. A must-read for students of social gerontology, stratification, and inequalities."" ---Professor Deborah Carr, Chair, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. ""This eloquent, thought-provoking collection will be essential reading for scholars of ageing and all with an interest in policy linked to ageing."" ---Professor Sara Arber, Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG), University of Surrey. ""Anyone interested in social gerontology will want this short edited volume on their bookshelves - for the references and for the substantive content of the chapters."" Sociology of Health & Fitness

A most welcome collection that provides a much-needed and up-to-date orientation on the open frontiers of class across the life course. Martin Kohli, European University Institute and Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences An exciting collection which successfully sets out to re-invigorate the consideration of class in gerontology. The editors have done a fantastic job of bringing the diverse positions adopted by the contributors into dialogue with each other. Professor James Nazroo, Sociology and CCSR, University of Manchester This fascinating edited volume brings together top-notch scholars who each cast a unique lens on a rarely studied topic. A must-read for students of social gerontology, stratification, and inequalities. Professor Deborah Carr, Chair, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ This eloquent, thought-provoking collection will be essential reading for scholars of ageing and all with an interest in policy linked to ageing. Professor Sara Arber, Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG), University of Surrey

A most welcome collection that provides a much-needed and up-to-date orientation on the open frontiers of class across the life course. ---Martin Kohli, European University Institute and Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences. An exciting collection which successfully sets out to re-invigorate the consideration of class in gerontology. The editors have done a fantastic job of bringing the diverse positions adopted by the contributors into dialogue with each other. ---Professor James Nazroo, Sociology and CCSR, University of Manchester. This fascinating edited volume brings together top-notch scholars who each cast a unique lens on a rarely studied topic. A must-read for students of social gerontology, stratification, and inequalities. ---Professor Deborah Carr, Chair, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. This eloquent, thought-provoking collection will be essential reading for scholars of ageing and all with an interest in policy linked to ageing. ---Professor Sara Arber, Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG), University of Surrey.

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Marvin Formosa is Senior Lecturer in social gerontology at the University of Malta. He has extensive research experience in critical gerontology and is on the editorial board of the 'International Journal of Education and Ageing'. Paul Higgs is Professor of the Sociology of Ageing at University College London. He has researched the changing nature of later life for over twenty years and is a co-editor of the journal 'Social Theory and Health'

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