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Sociological perspectives on the baby boomers
— an exploration of social change | | Author(s) | Rebecca Leach, Chris Phillipson, Simon Biggs |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing, vol 9, issue 4, December 2008 |
| Pages | pp 19-26 |
| Source | http://www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Middle aged ; 60-64 age group ; Consumer ; Retirement ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social change. |
| Annotation | The "baby-boom" generation has emerged as a significant group in debates focusing on population change. The demographic context concerns the increase in the birth rate across industrialised countries from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s. From a sociological perspective, boomers have been viewed as a group with distinctive experiences that set them apart from previous generations. In the UK context, however, there have been relatively few detailed studies of the characteristics of the boomer generation and, in particular, that of first-wave boomers (born between 1945 and 1954) now entering retirement. This article draws on a research project exploring changes in consumption and identity affecting this cohort. It reviews some of the key social and demographic changes affecting this group, highlighting a mixture of continuities and discontinuities over previous cohorts. The article concludes with an assessment of the value of sociological research for furthering understanding of the baby-boomer generation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090126211 A |
| Classmark | BG: SE: BBC: WY: G3: F: TMH |
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