TY - BOOK ID - 6902026 TI - Lifetimes of commitment : aging, politics, psychology PY - 1991 SN - 0521422493 0521402808 0511571178 9780521422499 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political participation KW - Social reformers KW - History KW - Interviews. KW - Citizen participation KW - Community action KW - Community involvement KW - Community participation KW - Involvement, Community KW - Mass political behavior KW - Participation, Citizen KW - Participation, Community KW - Participation, Political KW - Political activity KW - Political behavior KW - Political rights KW - Social participation KW - Political activists KW - Politics, Practical KW - Reformers KW - Interviews KW - Health Sciences KW - Psychiatry & Psychology KW - Political participation - Great Britain - History - 20th century. KW - Social reformers - Great Britain - Interviews. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6902026 AB - This book is an exploration of the ways in which political belief is developed and sustained throughout the course of a lifetime. Through extensive interviews, it focuses on the lives of fifteen British men and women, aged between seventy and ninety, who have dedicated half a century or longer to working for social change and justice. From Dorothy Greenald's commitment to provision of adequate housing for prisoners' families to Walter Gregory's active service in the Spanish Civil War and Trevor Huddleston's vital role in the international Anti-Apartheid Movement, these men and women have been involved in both local and international struggles. Respondents discuss topics ranging from the importance of gender identity for their political activism, to their perceptions of recent events in Eastern Europe. The work is unusual in combining an investigation of individual lifelong political commitment with a wider consideration of the formation of social identity, aging and the interplay between individuals and their environment. Lifetimes of commitment will have a wide appeal amongst social psychologists, sociologists, social and oral historians and political scientists. ER -