This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary perspective on older adults' civic engagement. It proposes a conceptual framework which understands civic engagement to be a multidimensional concept that encompasses the diverse activities through which older people contribute to their communities.
Part 1: Civic engagement in later life: Conceptual and methodological aspects 1. A conceptual framework to understand civic engagement in later life – Rodrigo Serrat 2. What characterizes civic engagement in later life? Micro-, meso- and macro-level influences – Marina Näsman, Toon Vercauteren & Fredrica Nyqvist 3. A life-course approach to civic engagement in later life – Sandra Torres & Rodrigo Serrat Part 2: Understanding multidimensional civic engagement in later life 4. Informal helping behaviours in later life – Montse Celdrán, Karima Chacur-Kiss & Sheung-Tak Cheng 5. Associational memberships in later life – Fredrica Nyqvist, Mikael Nygärd & Emilia Häkkinen 6. Older people’s formal volunteering – Sarah Dury, Erin Grinshteyn & Marja Aartsen 7. Older people’s political participation – Rodrigo Serrat & Clemens Tesch-Römer 8. Digital civic engagement in later life – Arlind Reuter & Thomas Scharf Part 3: Civic engagement within a diverse older population 9. Older people with disabilities – Mélanie Levasseur & Maria Dolores Majon Valpuesta 10. Older people living in long-term care settings – Feliciano Villar, Inma Peiró-Milián & Rodrigo Serrat 11. Older people with diverse migrant backgrounds – Pernilla Ågård & Sandra Torres 12. Older people living in socially disadvantaged urban areas – Bas Dikmans, Sarah Dury & Liesbeth De Donder 13. Older people living in rural communities – Rachel Winterton, Mark Skinner & Kieran Walsh Part 4: Future directions for policy and research into late life civic engagement 14. Looking back and moving forward: Future directions for research on civic engagement in later life – Rodrigo Serrat
Rodrigo Serrat is Associate Professor and a member of the Gerontology Research Group at the Department of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology of the University of Barcelona.
Reviews for Civic Engagement in Later Life
“It is critical to recognise that older people contribute to society. This volume presents a unique perspective on the breadth and diversity of these contributions across settings and environments.” Jeni Warburton, La Trobe University
