Symposium: (XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 13-19, 2014))

RC11 Sociology of Aging

Program Coordinator: Andreas HOFF (Zittau-Gorlitz University, Germany)

Monday, July 14, 2014

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

198

Population Ageing, Work and Caregiving Responsibilities in Four Liberal Democracies
Session Organizer: Kate O'LOUGHLIN

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

199

Age Inequalities, Ageism and Age Discrimination: Still on the Rise?
Session Organizer: Lucie VIDOVICOVA

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

200

Life Course Influences on Inequalities in Later Life: Comparative Perspectives
Session Organizers: Hal KENDIG and James NAZROO

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

201

The Challenge of Cultural Gerontology
Session Organizers: Julia TWIGG and Wendy MARTIN
Chair: Wendy MARTIN

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

202

Aging, Globalization and Inequality. Presidential session
Session Organizer: Anne MARTIN-MATTHEWS

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

203

Poverty at Times of Affluence
Session Organizer: Lucie VIDOVICOVA

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

204

Social Class in Later Life: Power, Identity and Lifestyle
Session Organizer: Ian Rees JONES

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

205

Life-Course Influences on Old Age
Session Organizer: Kathrin KOMP

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

206

Grandparenting
Session Organizers: Virpi TIMONEN and Sara ARBER

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

207

RC11 Roundtable. Intergenerational Dependencies
Session Organizer: Michael FINE

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

208

Authors Meet Critics Session. New Approaches of Conceptualizing Intergenerational Relations
Session Organizer: Andreas HOFF

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Health and Social Care in the Context of Population Aging
Session Organizers: Anne MARTIN-MATTHEWS and Ivy BOURGEAULT
Chair: Anne MARTIN-MATTHEWS

7:30 PM-8:50 PM

209

RC11 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Anne MARTIN-MATTHEWS

Thursday, July 17, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

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Future of Aging: Global and Comparative Perspectives on Trends, Implications, Policies, and Practices
Session Organizer: Julia ROZANOVA

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

210

Older Workers and Ageing Workforces
Session Organizer: Esteban CALVO

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

211

Old-Age Security in the 21st Century
Session Organizer: Esteban CALVO

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

212

Innovation and Public Policies, New Answers for New Challenges
Session Organizer: Adriana FASSIO

Friday, July 18, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

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Family and Elder Care
Session Organizers: Cynthia M. CREADY and Jacobus HOFFMAN

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

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Visual Methods in Ageing Research: Methodological Issues
Session Organizers: Wendy MARTIN and E-J MILNE
Chair: Alison BELL

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

213

Older Migrants and Migrant Care Workers
Session Organizer: Jacobus HOFFMAN
Chair: Jacobus HOFFMAN

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

214

How Do Telecare and Assistive Technologies Impact on Care-Giving?
Session Organizer: Andreas HOFF

Saturday, July 19, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

215

Aging and the Body in Everyday Life
Session Organizer: Laura HURD CLARKE

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

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Population Aging in South, East and Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
Session Organizer: Susan MCDANIEL
Chair: Richard PALMER

12:30 PM-2:20 PM

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Japan's Experience with Population Aging: Policy Challenges and Innovations
Session Organizers: Susan MCDANIEL and Zachary ZIMMER
Chair: Wako ASATO

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Environment, Ageing and Vulnerability
Session Organizers: Anne MARTIN-MATTHEWS and Stewart LOCKIE
Chair: Hal KENDIG

2:30 PM-4:20 PM

216

Preparing for a Career in the Sociology of Aging
Session Organizer: Sara ARBER