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Nombre: Retirement and Its Discontents: Why We Won't Stop Working, Even If We Can (Libro en Inglés)
Marca: Columbia University Press

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Product Description In the popular imagination, retirement promises a well-deserved restidle days spent traveling, volunteering, pursuing hobbies, or just puttering around the house. But as the nature of work has changed, becoming not just a means of income but a major source of personal identity, many accomplished professionals struggle with discontentment in their retirement. What are we to doindividually and as a culturewhen work and life experience make conventional retirement a burden rather than a reprieve?In Retirement and Its Discontents, Michelle Pannor Silver considers how we confront the mismatch between idealized and actual retirement. She follows doctors, CEOs, elite athletes, professors, and homemakers during their transition to retirement as they struggle to recalibrate their sense of purpose and self-worth. The work ethic and passion that helped these retirees succeed can make giving in to retirement more difficult, as they confront newfound leisure time with uncertainty and guilt. Drawing on in-depth interviews that capture a range of perceptions and common concerns about what it means to be retired, Silver emphasizes the significance of creating new retirement strategies that support social connectedness and personal fulfillment while countering ageist stereotypes about productivity and employment. A richly detailed and deeply personal exploration of the challenges faced by accomplished retirees, Retirement and Its Discontents demonstrates the importance of personal identity in forging sustainable social norms around retirement and helps us to rethink some of the new challenges for aging societies. Review [Retirement and Its Discontents] is provocative and guaranteed to make you spend time thinking of how you can best transition to retirement. -- Richard Eisenberg Forbes/Next AvenueRecommended. ChoiceMichelle Pannor Silvers Retirement and Its Discontents: Why we wont stop working, even if we can provides a thoughtful investigation of a specific transition of ageing. -- CAROL TAVRIS Times Literary SupplementBefore I even finished the book, I found myself recommending it to gerontology students who were fantasizing about their own retirement -- Summer Roberts, University of South Carolina, Beaufort American Journal of SociologyBy deftly recounting the narratives of people whose careers were an integral part of their identities . . . [Retirement and its Discontents] raises questions about work, gender, family, and our sense of self-worth. Contemporary SociologyA convincing analysis of the disquiet among a small group of elders whodespite having moneywant to work. Warning! A furtive tear may betray empathy for their deep feelings of abandonment, depression, being a renegade. Silver digs deep for courageous insights into the transition from career to retirement. -- Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School, author of Rescuing Retirement: A Plan to Guarantee Retirement Security for All AmericansThis fascinating read holds insights not only for those on the verge of retirement, but for all of usin how we think about structuring our work and living our lives. -- Michael Norton, Harvard Business School, coauthor of Happy Money: The Science of Happier SpendingThis extremely well-written, interesting, and informative book gives rich and vivid retrospective accounts by contemporary professional retirees of what was, for them, a jarring transition. The in-depth accounts of people with different occupations are deftly analyzedrevealing both commonalities and differences. Retirement and Its Discontents feels timely, as growing numbers of workers are reaching conventional retirement age. Michelle Silvers writing style is appealing, and the stories capture and hold the readers attention. -- Phyllis Moen, University of Minnesota, Encore Adulthood: Boomers on the Edge of Risk, Renewal, and PurposeThis is a really interesting bookI can't say I've seen anything like it. Obviously well written and wel

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Tiempo de entrega: 10 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 5 cm x 22 cm x 27 cm cm
Material: Papel
Modelo: 9780231188562
Meses de garantía: 1
Garantía: Por defecto de fabricación
Condición: Nuevo
Color: Multicolor
Nombre de color: Multicolor
ASIN: 0231188560
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta dura
Editorial: Columbia University Press
Titulo del libro: Retirement and Its Discontents: Why We Won't Stop Working, Even If We Can (Libro en Inglés)
Autor: Silver, Michelle Pannor
Fecha de publicación: 2018
Idioma: Inglés
Edición: 1
Número de páginas: 296
ISBN-13: 9780231188562
Edad mínima sugerida: 6
Genero musical: Literatura Universal
Contenido del paquete: 1 pieza
SKU: 9780231188562