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The ESRC Growing Older Research Programme

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2002

Alan Walker
Alan Walker
Affiliation:
Professor of Social Policy and Director of ESRC Growing Older Programme, University of Sheffielda.c.walker@shef.ac.uk
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Abstract

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This article serves three purposes. The first and main one is to introduce the ESRC's Growing Older Programme and its research agenda. Secondly, it outlines the four main challenges confronting the programme and its research teams: the methodological one concerning ‘quality of life’, the democratic one of participation, the challenge of communication and, ultimately, that of policy impact. Thirdly, the demographic and policy contexts that helped to create the Programme and to which it must respond are also discussed briefly.

Type
Research Article
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 129 - 138
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press