Citizenship, volunteering and active ageing

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 702-718

  Lie, Mabel ^a   Baines, Susan ^a   Wheelock, Jane ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active ageing; Citizenship; Qualitative research; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUTONOMY; CITIZENSHIP; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; FEMINISM; NEOLIBERALISM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WELFARE PROVISION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70749083078     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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