Description: The SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society offers a critical overview of the most significant themes and topics, with discussions of current research, theoretical controversies and emerging issues.
Brief description: John Field is a Professor in the School of Education, University of Stirling, and Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London. He has also worked at the University of Warwick and University of Ulster. His research focuses primarily on learning through the adult life course. His books include Lifelong Learning and the New Educational Order (2006), Social Capital (2008), and most recently Working Men′s Bodies: Work Camps in Britain, 1880-1939 (2013).
Review Quotes: This handbook offers an in-depth view of current understandings of ageing and the workplace, drawing on a broad range of fields, approaches and perspectives, and using these to draw best practices for management. It has findings from many researchers who have approached their subjects from different disciplinary perspectives and national experiences. This handbook is highly recommended.--Si Peng "Network - Magazine of the British Sociological Association"