This handbook brings together both orthodox approaches to educational gerontology and fresh perspectives on important emerging issues faced by seniors around the globe.

Contrary to conventional assumptions which presuppose that class mobility cannot occur unless retirees re-enter the labour market, the book argues that class formation is truly alive and kicking in later life.

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This work brings together a range of international high profile scholars to develop a more sophisticated, analytical and empirical understanding of class dynamics in later life.