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Older people today find themselves in a more favourable life situation than previous generations: Many of them have a high standard of living, a high level of education and good health. In view of this potential, the question arises as to what plans and ideas older people have today about living in the "third age". What decisions do they make in their transition to retirement with regard to further employment participation, civil society involvement or family support? This volume presents current findings from the interdisciplinary study "Transitions and Old Age Potential (TOP)" by the Federal Institute for Population Research on the life plans, potentials and transitions of 55- to 70-year-olds in Germany. In addition to presenting current scientific results, the volume aims to derive recommendations for action for politicians, companies and civil society organisations - and not least for the elderly themselves.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore what drives UK managers aged over 50 to continue progressing in their careers rather than retiring, and their perceptions of career progression at a time in life when opportunities for further promotion may have ceased. It examines subjectively significant personal and organizational influences on career progression and the extent to which older managers perceive that motivation for career progression changes over the career.Design/methodology/approachThe research adopts a qualitative, inductive approach, comprising semi‐structured interviews with 27 male and 13 female managers, aged 50 and over, from two large, UK financial services organizations.FindingsThe findings show that motivation for career progression in managers aged over 50 is driven by individually diverse patterns of career drivers, personal and work‐related influences, and attitudes towards career opportunities. These can be classified into four different orientations towards future career progression, pre‐ and post‐retirement.Originality/valueThe study contributes to knowledge about subjective psychological mobility in late managerial careers and the balance which individuals maintain between organizational and personal aspects of their career. It demonstrates that motivational drivers of career progression are perceived to change over the career and that perceptions of what constitutes career progression are linked to an individual's past, current and predicted future career experiences, in some cases extending past the traditional retirement transition.

Over the last few years a number of books have appeared professing to have been inspired in their methodological considerations by the writings of Quentin Skinner.1 The purpose of this essay is to offer some deliberations upon two important and connected questions. First, in what way are the new histories related to the history of histories of political thought? And, secondly, how far are we on the road to achieving a consensus on the appropriate methods for studying the history of political thought?2 Before these questions can be considered I am obliged to offer a characterization, which in the form given here is little more than a caricature, of the whole of the history of histories of political thought without entering into the detail. What I offer is an attempt to capture its unity without ignoring its diversity.

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS A NUMBER OF BOOKS HAVE APPEARED PROFESSING TO HAVE BEEN INSPIRED IN THEIR METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS BY THE WRITINGS OF QUENTIN SKINNER.1 THE PURPOSE OF THIS ESSAY IS TO OFFER SOME DELIBERATIONS UPON TWO IMPORTANT AND CONNECTED QUESTIONS. FIRST, IN WHAT WAY ARE THE NEW HISTORIES RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF HISTORIES OF POLITICAL THOUGHT? AND, SECONDLY, HOW FAR ARE WE ON THE ROAD TO ACHIEVING A CONSENSUS ON THE APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR STUDYING THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT?2 BEFORE THESE QUESTIONS CAN BE CONSIDERED THE AUTHOR AM OBLIGED TO OFFER A CHARACTERIZATION, WHICH IN THE FORM GIVEN HERE IS LITTLE MORE THAN A CARICATURE, OF THE WHOLE OF THE HISTORY OF HISTORIES OF POLITICAL THOUGHT WITHOUT ENTERING INTO THE DETAIL. WHAT THE AUTHOR OFFER IS AN ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE ITS UNITY WITHOUT IGNORING ITS DIVERSITY.

"In Unmaking Waste, Sarah Newman asks what happens when there are disagreements about what constitutes waste and what one should do with it, both at singular moments in time (for example, when ideas about waste collide in emerging colonial contexts) and across time (such as between those who left things behind in the past and the archaeologists who recover them). Newman examines ancient Mesoamerican understandings of waste, Euro-American perceptions of waste in New Spain, and early modern European ideals of civility and Christian understandings of good and bad, expressed metaphorically through cleanliness and filth. These differing perceptions, Newman argues, demands that we rethink centuries of assumptions imposed on other places, times, and peoples: so long as "waste" remains a category misunderstood to be common-sensical and stable, archaeological methods will prove unequal to their task. Newman instead proposes "anamorphic archaeology," an approach that emphasizes the possibility that archaeological objects have multiple physical and conceptual lives"--

The number of older people in prison is growing. As more and more people over the age of 60 struggle to cope behind prison walls, the prison service and the wider community are failing to meet their complex needs, according to Lorraine Atkinson of the Howard League for Penal Reform.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: A Fortress of Indestructible Leftovers -- 1. Throwaway Living -- 2. Archaeologies of Garbage -- 3. Cleanliness and Godliness -- 4. Dirty Work -- 5. Things Left Behind -- 6. Anamorphic Archaeology -- Conclusion: A Weakness in Our Imaginations? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Intermediate care has become a buzzword within health and social care over the last few years. Seen as the panacea for a number of woes, particularly for older people, intermediate care has been held up as a way forward within contemporary health and social care. This text explores in detail what is understood by the concept of intermediate care and, in particular, ways in which the needs of older people can be best met by this new range of services. Initial discussion centres on the concept of intermediate care and the motives for its development. This is followed by a summary of the range of