Departing the margins: Social class and later life in a second modernity

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-241

  Higgs, Paul ^a   Gilleard, Chris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH WEST LONDON AND ST GEORGE'S MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decommodification; Identity; Old age; Second modernity; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747293203     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783306066724     Document Type: Article

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