Abstract

COELHO, Patrícia; JOSE, José de São  and  MARTINS, João Eduardo. A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE “CHALLENGE” OF THE CRISIS AND AUSTERITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas [online]. 2023, n.101, pp.117-133.  Epub July 05, 2023. ISSN 0873-6529.  https://doi.org/10.7458/spp202310125474.

The economic crisis has led to austerity in Portugal and in the European Union. This article conceptualizes the crisis and austerity as a “challenge” and reveals how it was manifested in the lives of older people. Very little is known about this topic, including in Portugal. Our study used a biographical/narrative approach and carried out 28 interviews with Portuguese older adults (65 years or more) living in Faro municipality. It concluded that the “challenge” is manifested by a contradiction between the lived old age and the expected/idealized old age, whose features vary according to sociological profiles.

Keywords : crisis/austerity; older people; family practices; “challenge”..

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