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Includes bibliographical references and index. - Contains some updated papers from the international conference on Ageism, work and employment, held at Stirling University in July 1996
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Machine generated contents note: Part I - Introduction -- 1 Introduction: the challenge of longer and healthier lives -- lan Glover and Mohamed Branine -- Part II - The problem and its causes -- 2 Ageism, early exit, and the rationality of age-based discrimination -- Colin Duncan -- 3 'Do not go gentle into that good night': some thoughts on paternalism, -- ageism, management and society -- lan Glover and Mohamed Branine -- 4 The plateaued manager: the anatomy of an ageist stereotype -- Peter Herriot -- 5 Discrimination by age: the organizational response -- Ann E. McGoldrick and James Arrowsmith -- 6 ls retirement sustainable? -- Philip H. Bowers -- 7 Ageism without frontiers -- lan Glover -- Part III - The experience and practice of age discrimination in -- employment -- 8 Ageism in retailing: myth or reality? -- Adelina Broadbridge -- 9 Ageism, young academics and the buffalo stance -- Karen Rodham (nee Gadd) -- 10 Ageism and arm's length management: the voice of experience -- David Jenkins, interviewed by lan Glover -- 11 Anti-ageist legislation: the Australian experience -- Jenny Hamilton -- 12 Old enough to know better: age stereotypes in New Zealand -- Darren J. Smith -- 13 Ageism and work in the EU: a comparative review of corporate -- innovation and practice -- David Parsons and Lesley Mayne -- 14 Ageism in the 'Quarter Acre, Pavlova Paradise' - will she be right? -- Graham Elkin -- Part IV - Remedies and prospects -- 15 Older workers and the cult of youth: ageism in public policy -- Philip Taylor -- 16 Fitness'for work: the effects of ageing and the benefits of exercise -- Alan Nichols and Wendy Evangelisti -- 17 Ageism and unemployment: practical remedies from secondment -- programmes in small and medium-sized enterprises -- Colin Bottomley -- 18 Managing the third age workforce: a review and agenda for research -- Christine Tillsley and Philip Taylor -- Part V - Conclusion -- 19 Therefore get wisdom -- lan Glover and Mohamed Branine