Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society

This impressive new collection focuses on the effects of the globalization process on late-midlife workers and the exit from employment - a relationship that has up to now mostly been neglected in social science literature on aging and employment.

Introduction 1. Late Careers and Retirement in Times of Accelerating Social Change: An Introduction 2. Late Careers and Retirement in International Comparison 3. Public Attitudes to Retirement in Times of Accelerating Social Change 4. Late Careers and Retirement in Germany 5. Late Careers and Retirement in the Netherlands 6. Late Careers and Retirement in Sweden 7. Late Careers and Retirement in Denmark 8. Late Careers and Retirement in Norway 9. Late Careers and Retirement in Hungary 10. Late Careers and Retirement in Estonia 11. Late Careers and Retirement in the Czech Republic 12. Late Careers and Retirement in Poland 13. Late Careers and Retirement in Slovenia 14. Late Careers and Retirement in Great Britain 15. Late Careers and Retirement in Canada 16. Late Careers and Retirement in the United States 17. Late Careers and Retirement in Italy 18. Late Careers and Retirement in Spain 19. Late Careers and Retirement in Times of Accelerating Social Change: Conclusions