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(★)(◆Nobuhiko Maeda is Professor of Sociology at college of social sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. He received his Ph.D from Sophia University in Tokyo and has been a researcher at the Japan Institute of Labour from 1991 to 2000.／ ▼CONTENTS／ ●CHAPTER 1.INTRODUCTION／1.Approach to active ageing／2.Social theory of ageing／3.The paradigm of active ageing／4.Active ageing studies in Japan／5.Active ageing vs. Productive Ageing／6.Analysis framework／ ●CHAPTER 2. RETIREES´ VIEWS ON WORK : CHANGES IN POST-RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES AND ACTIVE AGEING／1.Introduction／2.Recent research directions／3.Significance of mandatory retirement and occupational career (1.Current status of post-retirement career development, 2.Assessing the significance of mandatory retirement)／4.Intentions regarding post-retirement career development and occupational autonomy (1.Intentions regarding post-retirement career development, 2.Occupational autonomy and intentions regarding post-retirement career development)／5.Conclusions and discussion／ ●CHAPTER 3. TRANSITION TO LATER LIFE AND LIFE PLANNING／1.Transition to later life／2.Life planning and willingness to work／3.Contributing factors to willingness to work (1.Assets/mortgage and willingness to work, 2.Life course and willingness to work, 3.Intention to become self-employed/start a business and willingness to work)／4.Logit analysis of willingness to work in later life／5.Summary and discussion／ ●CHAPTER 4. TRANSITION TO LATER LIFE AND QUALITY OF LIFE／1.Introduction／2.Theoretical background (1.Mandatory retirement, gender, and community resources, 2.Mandatory retirement, bridge jobs, and work-life habits)／3.Methods (1.Data and analysis, 2.Analysis and manipulated variables)／4.Results (1.Mandatory retirement and occupational careers, 2.Gender differences in the process of mandatory retirement, 3.Men´s occupational attitude and life adjustments)／5.Conclusions and discussion／ ●CHAPTER 5. SOCIAL NETWORKS IN LATER LIFE／1.Social isolation of the elderly／2.Concept of social networks／3.Studies on the social networks of Japanese elderly／4.Social network structure of the elderly／5.Typology of social network／6.Personal community building／ ●CHAPTER 6. PERSONAL COMMUNITY OF ELDERLY IN URBAN SITUATION／1.Introduction／2.Concept of personal community／3.Cases／4.Conclusions and discussion／ ●CHAPTER 7. SOCIAL NETWORKS IN LATER LIFE AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE／1.Approach to the quality of life／2.Earlier studies (1.Quality of life and subjective well-being, 2.Social networks and subjective well-being)／3.Results (1.Distribution of morale, 2.Distribution of health conditions and morale, 3.Personal community and subjective well-being)／4.Personal community and the quality of life／ ●CHAPTER 8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION／1.Summary／2.General and policy implications (1.Active ageing and citizenship, 2.Life course perspective and employment/labor policies, 3.Diversified lifestyles in a later life and lifelong learning policy)) |
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