Books & research

Here is a short bibliography of academic books on ageing:

• Bond, John and Coleman, Peter (1993) Ageing in Society: An Introduction to Social Gerontology. London: Sage.
•  Bytheway, Bill (1995). Ageism: Rethinking Ageing.  Buckingham; Bristol, PA: Open University Press.
• Carnegie UK Trust (1993) Carnegie Inquiry into the Third Age: Life, Work and Livelihood in the Third Age. United Kingdom.
•  Cruikshank, Margaret (2003). Learning to be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
• Eurobarometer (2007). Discrimination in the European Union. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
• Eurobarometer (2009). Intergenerational solidarity. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
• European Commission (2005) Age discrimination and European Law. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
• Macnicol, John (2006). Age Discrimination: An Historical and Contemporary Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University.
• Palmore, Erdman, Laurence Branch, and Diana Harris (editors) (2005). Encyclopedia of Ageism. Binhamton, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press: Haworth Reference Press.
• Thompson, Neil (2006). Anti-Discriminatory Practice (4th edition ed.). Basingstoke, England; New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Other books you may find interesting about people's own experiences of growing old are:

• Making Changes – A Practical Guide to Lobbying for Older People and Other Local Groups in Co. Leitrim by Community Connections, Co. Cavan
• Not Dead Yet: A Manifesto for Old Age by Julia Neuberger
• The Third Age Handbook: a guide for older people in Ireland  by Ann Dempsey
• The Virtues of Aging by Jimmy Carter
• If Not Now, When by Esther Ransen
• Law and Finance in Retirement by John Costello and Law and Joe Christle