The 'elected' and the 'excluded': Sociological perspectives on the experience of place and community in old age

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-342

  Phillipson, Chris ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community studies; Elective belonging; Environmental gerontology; Globalisation; Social exclusion; Urban change

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; GLOBALIZATION; LIFESTYLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 33947730257     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06005629     Document Type: Article

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