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London Medical Sociology Group Meeting
Wednesday, 8th June 6pm
Historical evolution of the Third Age
Ian Rees Jones (St George's Medical School)
Venue:
King's College London
Room 1.16
Franklin Wilkins Building
Stamford Street
London SE1 8WA
nearest tube/train: Waterloo
Abstract
Peter Laslett's vision of the third age suggested the emergence of a 'new'
period in the life course standing between middle age and a forth age of
decline. Although Laslett perhaps did most to raise awareness of the third
age, there are differences between his conceptualisation and other European
and North American understandings of the term. Laslett used a 'third age
indicator' to identify the historical emergence of the third age and for
the UK he pinpointed this transformation as occurring in the
1950s. Globally however, there are clear differences in the phasing of
demographic change. Since the 1970s, in developed countries, there has
been a slow but steady increase in the proportion of people who are
experiencing longer retirement, higher material wealth and greater
opportunities for consumption and leisure activities. Within this general
trend, the emergence of the third age has varied starting points and
trajectories. These can be related to differing speeds of demographic
change, with some countries developing a critical mass of third agers in
earlier periods (for example the UK). But it can also be related to
differences in economic and cultural change, for example in North America
the third age developed earlier and assumed greater importance because of
economic and cultural change (rising economic wealth in third age cohorts
and earlier engagement with consumer society). This paper considers
different typologies and periodizations of 'the third age' and explores the
ways in which it is expressed and re-produced in different social contexts.
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Miranda Leontowitsch
Research Fellow
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences
Royal Free and University College Medical School
Rowland Hill Street
London NW3 2PF
020 7794 0500 ext. 8369
020 7830 2239 ext. 8369
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