Age is the only social category identifying subgroups that everyone may eventually join.
Despite this and despite the well-known growth of the older population, age-based prejudice …

Concerns expressed in the mid-1990s about the lack of research on late career are no
longer valid. There is a growing body of research; however, it is scattered across a range of …

O envelhecimento apresenta-se como um dos problemas centrais do século XXI. As últimas
décadas do século passado registaram um aumento ininterrupto do número de idosos que …

A central component of institutional trust is related to perceptions of state capacity. Claims
have been made that if citizens' experiences with the state tell them that the government is …

Generations: The Time Machine in Theory and Practice challenges the fragmented and
diverse use of the concept of generation commonly found in the social sciences. It …

In response to Sarah Irwin, the article develops a conflict model of inter-generational
exchanges and treats generation as a neglected dimension of social stratification theory and …

O envelhecimento apresenta-se como um dos problemas cruciais do século xxi. As últimas
décadas do século passado registaram um aumento ininterrupto do número de pessoas …

Sociological understanding of generations can be enhanced by avoiding defining them
rigidly as chronological cohorts but rather linking people's accounts of their generational …

This article analyses age differences in attitudes towards public policies to support older
people and to support families with children in Sweden. It is shown that support for older …

During the last few decades a view of childhood as a generation has been introduced within
what is called 'new childhood studies'. Childhood as a structural and structuring concept …