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Beyond stereotypes
— talent, resources and social activity among the postmodern elderly | | Author(s) | Stefano Poli |
| Journal title | Research on Ageing and Social Policy, vol 2, no 1, July 2014 |
| Publisher | Hipatia Press, July 2014 |
| Pages | pp 58-86 |
| Source | http://doi.org/10.4471/rasp.2014.03 |
| Keywords | Voluntary work [elderly] ; Participation ; Citizenship ; Italy. |
| Annotation | Desirable proposals in terms of active ageing are constrained by the heterogeneous conditions of older people, often affected by inequalities and social frailty. Added to this, older people are frequently limited by homogenising representations, reproducing a sense of non-productivity and marginalisation according to an obsolete industrial model of the life cycle. However, it has to be highlighted that among older people, it is often possible to observe the emersion of 'social talent', performed by being active in different forms of civic engagement. This paper aims to highlight the determinants of social activity behind the deep versatilities of old age through the results of quantitative and qualitative research conducted in Genoa, an Italian town where ageing is prevalent. By identifying the interactions of multiple indicators regarding value systems, socioeconomic conditions and older people's different lifestyles, the importance of social activity and its determinant predictors among olderl people are highlighted: rethinking their role in contemporary society, enlarging their horizons of capabilities and opportunities, and overcoming latent homogenising stereotypes through the promotion of an effective path of active citizenship. (OFFPRINT.) (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160826237 A |
| Classmark | GHH: TMB: IKC: 76V |
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