Doing change and continuity: Age identity and the micro-macro divide

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 863-881

  Nikander, Pirjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age identity; Baby boom cohort; Discursive gerontology; Micro and macro; Microfication; Provisional continuity device

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EID: 70450235117     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X09008873     Document Type: Article

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