CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN CHILE
Abstract
Despite the importance of civic engagement in old age, few studies analyze this phenomenon in the Chilean context. Mainly, civic engagement among older adults in Chile has been studied from the associativity and social participation (UC-Caja Los Andes 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016; Herrera, Elgueta and Fernández, 2014; Gallardo- Peralta, Conde-Llanes and Córdova-Jorquera, 2016; Romero, Gallardo-Peralta, and Moreno, 2019; Gallardo-Peralta, Raymond and Gálvez-Nieto, 2022), but not making visible spaces of more outstanding agency or leadership.As research evidence is scarce, in Chile, we still do not know whether the motivations for or the civic behaviours configure different patterns that can characterize the civic engagement of older adults, not only by age groups but also by their socio-demographic conditions and, above all, by the ways of assessing citizenship and of living civic life, amplifying this heterogeneity.This thesis aims to analyse the civic engagement of older adults in Chile from a Life Course perspective, examining its relationship with the conditions of social inequality in which these people live. Specifically, it will identify profiles of civic engagement among men and women 60 years or older in Chile and the association between profile membership and indicators of active ageing (i.e., empowerment, proactive ageing, and generativity).
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Tesis (Doctor of Psychology)--Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2023
TESIS EMBARGADA HASTA EL 01 DE FEBRERO DE 2025
TESIS EMBARGADA HASTA EL 01 DE FEBRERO DE 2025