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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

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