@misc{_Understanding_2014, copyright={Copyright by Authors}, address={Wrocław}, howpublished={online}, year={2014}, publisher={Instytut Socjologii Uniwersytet Wrocławski}, publisher={http://www.socjologia.uni.wroc.pl/}, language={eng}, abstract={The topic of old age and ageing is currently being discussed by everyone from politicians, economists and journalists to ordinary people. It figures as a topic in political and media discourse, highlighting the multitude of problems that result from population ageing and that need to be addressed. These issues are being researched by specialists in a variety of disciplines, including demographics, medicine, social policy, economics, psychology and sociology. This tome is a collection of texts by authors representing admittedly diverse academic fields, but with a shared conviction that the phenomenon of population ageing merits in-depth research, as this megatrend is shaping the future of contemporary society – and hence affects us all. This book is an interdisciplinary attempt to grasp and address selected aspects of old age and ageing, from a predominantly cultural perspective.}, title={Understanding Ageing in Contemporary Poland: Social and Cultural Perspectives}, keywords={aging, old age, old people, elderly people, social space of older people, aging in popular culture, population aging, lifestyles of senior citizens, activity in old age}, }