International and European policy on work and retirement: Reinventing critical perspectives on active ageing and mature subjectivity

Human Relations

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-43

  Moulaert, Thibauld ^a   Biggs, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

active ageing; ageing population; critical perspective; international policy; mature subjectivity; older workers; productive ageing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871890780     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711435180     Document Type: Article

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