New Challenges to Ageing in the Rural North: A Critical Interdisciplinary Perspective

Part I. Changing Politics and Welfare Policies in the North.- Chapter 1. CEDAW and the Capability Approach as a Way to Promote Elderly Women in the North(Eva-Maria Svensson).- Chapter 2. Gender Equality and Ageing in Arctic Sweden(Lena Wennberg).- Chapter 3. Elder Care Policy and Service System in Phase of Transition in Finland(Heli Valokivi).- Chapter 4. New Opportunities Telling the Same Frustrating Story Care Sector Marketization and Innovations in Finland(Petra Merenheimo).- Part II. Challenges in Meeting Older People's Needs in the Northern Rural Context.- Chapter 5. Approaches to Prevent Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Arctic Russian Remote Area(Anastasia Emelyanova & Elena Golubeva).- Chapter 6. Social Cultural Construction of Dying Self in the Context of Care(Marjo Outila, Marjaana Seppänen, Heli Valokivi, Eeva Rossi).- Chapter 7. Exploring Challenges to Elderly in a Rural Settings: A Case Study from Finnish Lapland(Shahnaj Begum).- Chapter 8. Hit by the Stroke - An Auto-Ehnographic Analysis of Caring Old Parents from Long Distance(Marit Aure).- Chapter 9. Individually but Together: Old Couple Preparing for Old Age(Olga Asrun Stefansdottir & Eydis Kristin Sveinbjarnardottir).- Chapter 10. Social Inclusion and Agency of Older Women in Rural Tornedalen, North Sweden(Tarja Tapio).- Part III. Age, voice and resistance.- Chapter 11. "Are We Really Listening"? Ageism, Voice, and Older People's Diversity in Nordic Societies Undergoing Welfare Change(Joan R. Harbison).- Chapter 12. From "active ageing" to Local Perspectives on Quality of Life(Mai Camilla Munkejord, &Walter Schönfelder).- Chapter 13. Elderly people as political actors in Lapland(Päivi Naskali).- Chapter 14. "We do not eat luxury food" A story about health and food in the everyday life of an elder Sami reindeer herder in Norway(Trine Kvitberg).- Conclusion.