Economic Foundations for Creative Ageing Policy, Volume I: Context and Considerations

251 Pages·2015·3.44 MB·English

by  Andrzej Klimczuk

Economic Foundations for Creative Ageing Policy

Economic Foundations for

Creative Ageing Policy
Volume I
Context and Considerations
Andrzej KlimczuK
economic foundations for creative ageing policy
Copyright © Andrzej Klimczuk, 2015.
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Klimczuk, Andrzej, 1984–
Economic foundations for creative aging policy : context and
considerations / Andrzej Klimczuk.
volumes ; cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Foreword / by Harry R. Moody : Positive Aging for an
Aging Society—Foreword / by Kathrin Komp—Preface and
acknowledgements—List of abbreviations—Introduction—Old age
as a stage in the life course and the life cycle—Forms of older people
capital—Creativity and aging : concepts and controversies—Mixed
economy and multi-sectoral approach to population aging—Silver,
creative, and social economies as positive responses to population
aging—Benefits at the interface between economic systems—
Conclusion—Afterword / by Lukasz Tomczyk—Glossary—
Bibliography.
ISBN 978–1–137–46610–5 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Population aging—Social aspects. 2. Retirement—Planning.
3. Social policy. I. Title.
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Contents

List of Figures and Tables vii
Foreword: Positive Ageing for an Ageing Society ix
Harry R. Moody
Foreword xiii
Kathrin Komp
Preface and Acknowledgments xv
List of Abbreviations xvii
Introduction 1
1 Old Age as a Stage in the Life Course and the Life Cycle 7
2 Forms of Older People’s Capital 17
3 Creativity and Ageing: Concepts and Controversies 31
4 Mixed Economy and Multisectoral Approach to
Population Ageing 61
5 Silver, Creative, and Social Economies as Positive
Responses to Population Ageing 75
6 Benefits at the Interface Between Economic Systems 109
Conclusion 131
Afterword 137
Łukasz Tomczyk
Notes 139
Glossary 169
Bibliography 183
Index 209

Figures and Tables

Figures
2.1 Relationship between the Various Forms of
Capital of Older People 26
4.1 Structuring of the Mixed Economy of Welfare 63
5.1 Structuring of Arts and Ageing Field 95
5.2 A Silo View of Economic Systems in the Context of
Ageing Population 103
5.3 A Overlapping View of Economic Systems in the
Context of Ageing Population 103
5.4 A Systems View of Economic Systems in the Context
of Ageing Population 104
6.1 Benefits of Integrating Economic Systems in the
Context of an Ageing Population 110
Tables
1.1 Comparison of Different Approaches to Life Cycle 12
3.1 Differences between the Concepts of Intelligence,
Wisdom, and Creativity 36
3.2 Comparison of the “Peak and Decline Model” and
the “Life Span Developmental Model” 39
3.3 Typology and Characteristics of Forms of Older
People’s Capital 51
4.1 Concepts Related to the Mixed Economy of Welfare 65
4.2 Examples of Entities Included in Models of Mixed
Economy of Welfare 71
5.1 The Differences between Selected Economic
Systems Related with Ageing 101

Foreword: Positive Ageing

for an Ageing Society
The term “positive ageing” can mean many different things. In an obvious
way, to speak of ageing “positively” is to turn away from the prevailing,
largely negative images associated with later life. This critique of negativ-
ity was announced more than four decades ago by Robert Butler in the Foreword
term “ageism.” Ageism denotes prejudice or discrimination on the grounds Foreword
of age, but, more deeply, it describes a fundamentally gloomy or negative
view about the second half of life.
In recent decades, there has been an ideological revolt against ageism,
even a celebration of the positive features of later life. The ideological turn
comes just in time since, on a global basis, widespread declining fertility
signifies a shift to population ageing: a larger proportion of the population
will be over the age of 50, 60, or whatever marker we choose. If we are to
adopt a hopeful attitude toward the coming of an ageing society, then a
turn toward “positive ageing” seems indispensable. Let me describe some
elements of this turn and then suggest some implications for the economic
foundations for creative ageing.
European discussion of positive ageing has often centered around the
term “active ageing,” which is semantically interesting because it seems to
suggest an opposition to “passive ageing.” But this formulation also poses
a question. Does “activity,” as in “active ageing,” by itself have any intrin-
sically positive content? Why is “activity” a good thing at all? Could one
even be suspicious of this idea in a world in which “hyperactivity” seems
to be a psychological disease that is becoming more and more widespread?
But perhaps this criticism is too sharp. Perhaps we should celebrate “active
ageing” because the opposite (passivity) is to be avoided, so let us simply
accept this semantic version for positive ageing, but pursue the question
about its content.
Two other formulations have recently laid claim to what positive age-
ing might mean. The first of these is “successful ageing,” as developed in
the influential book of that name.1 To think of later life as “successful” is