Approaching retirement : social divisions, welfare, and exclusion /: social divisions, welfare, and exclusion. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kirk Mann.
• Other Names: Mann, Kirk, 1952-
• Contents: APPROACHING RETIREMENT; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and glossary of terms; Introduction; 1. Social divisions, exclusion and retirement; 2. Two versions of political economy: ease and plenty or immiseration and crisis?; 3. Consumption, consumers and choice; 4. Post-work and post-structuralism: first past the post?; 5. Risk and post-traditional welfare; 6. Looking (or put out) for greener grass? Some comparative measures of 'success'; 7. Prophets, profits and uncertain conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, UK : Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 269 pages)
• Subjects: 331.2520941; Retirement -- Great Britain; Old age pensions -- Great Britain; Older people -- Government policy -- Great Britain; Social status -- Great Britain; Business; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Personal Finance -- Retirement Planning; Old age pensions; Older people -- Government policy; Retirement; Social status; Pensionering; Ouderdomsvoorzieningen; Sociale ongelijkheid; Rentenalter; Great Britain; Großbritannien; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847429568; 1847429564; 1282985752; 9781282985759
• Related ISBNs: 1861342837; 9781861342836; 1861342829; 9781861342829
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-253) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.