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Responding to the challenge of global ageing – a critical approach to active ageing

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Active ageing is now established as the leading global policy strategy in response to population ageing. This pre-eminence was assured by its promotion by international governmental organisations (IGOs) such as the WHO, UN and OECD. In practice, however, the term ‘active ageing’ often serves merely as a convenient label for a wide range of contrasting policy discourses and initiatives concerning ageing and demographic change. A key theme of this chapter is that this lack of clarity about precisely what active ageing consists of is a serious barrier to its widespread adoption as a policy strategy.

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Walker, A. (2016). Responding to the challenge of global ageing – a critical approach to active ageing. In: Naegele, G., Olbermann, E., Kuhlmann, A. (eds) Teilhabe im Alter gestalten. Dortmunder Beiträge zur Sozialforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12484-7_30

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