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    The rapidly rising proportion of older adults in countries around the world has become one of the key societal authors are invited issues of the early 21st century. Social isolation and loneliness are key challenges for an ageing population. This special issue aims to explore this diversity of older persons and of the communities in which they live.

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    The rapidly rising proportion of older adults in countries around the world has become one of the key societal authors are invited issues of the early 21st century. Social isolation and loneliness are key challenges for an ageing population. This special issue aims to explore this diversity of older persons and of the communities in which they live.

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    Call For Papers: Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

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    The rapidly rising proportion of older adults in countries around the world has become one of the key societal authors are invited issues of the early 21st century. Social isolation and loneliness are key challenges for an ageing population. This special issue aims to explore this diversity of older persons and of the communities in which they live.

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    JournalofCommunity andAppliedSocialPsychology

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    Ageingandcommunity
    Guesteditors ClaudineProvencher(LondonSchoolofEconomics,UK) NorahKeating(UniversityofAlberta,Canada) VeraRoos(NorthWestUniversity,SouthAfrica) JeniWarburton(LaTrobeUniversity,Australia)

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    TheJournalofCommunityandAppliedSocialPsychologyisproposingaspecial issueconcernedwithageingandcommunity.Therapidlyrisingproportionof Before30/06/2012: olderadultsincountriesaroundtheworldhasbecomeoneofthekeysocietal Authorsareinvited issuesoftheearly21stcentury.Whilediscussionsonthatissuehaveoften tosendanabstract focusedonissuesofdependencyandeconomicburdenthataccompanythis of500words(answer newdemographicreality,notenoughhasbeensaidaboutthepossibilities 4weekslater)to whichageingbringsforlocalcommunitiesaroundtheworld.
    c.m.provencher@lse. ac.uk Before31/01/2013: Deadlinefor submissionof manuscripts(no morethan5000 wordsincluding abstract,text, references,tables andfigures) Manuscriptswillbe evaluatedbytwo reviewers Publicationofthis specialissueis scheduledforearly 2014.Forquestions andsubmissionsof abstracts,please contact: c.m.provencher@lse. ac.uk

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    Socialisolationandlonelinessarekeychallengesforanageingpopulation, particularlyinthecontemporaryerawhenfamiliesmigrateacrosstheworld andwheretherearestarkdifferencesincommunitysupportivenessboth withinandacrossworldregions.Yetthereisgrowingevidenceofolderadults placeinfosteringcommunitycohesionandproductivityandofarangeof responsesaimedatintegratingandsupportingolderpeople.Muchof communityvitalitycanbecreditedtoolderpeoplethemselves,andinvolves understandinghowolderpeopleactivelycontributetocommunities. However,knowledgegapsalsoremaininourunderstandingofwhicholder adultsareatriskofexclusionfromsocialrelationships,materialresourcesand communitysettingsthatenhancequalityoflifeandwhicharemostlikelyto bemarginalized. Thisspecialissueaimstoexplorethisdiversityofolderpersonsandofthe communitiesinwhichtheylivebyestablishingadialoguebetweensocial/ communitypsychologyandsocialgerontology.Inparticular,wewantto examinehowspecificcommunityarrangementscanhelpfulfilanumberof socialpsychologicalfunctionssuchasidentitymaintenance,qualityoflifeand relationalwellbeingandallowforamoreempoweringsocialrepresentation ofageingandofolderpeople.Reciprocally,wewillwelcomepapersthatcan helpustounderstandbetterthesocialpsychologicalfactors,suchas stereotypesbetweenhistoricalgenerations,thatcanhinderorpromotethe developmentofagefriendlycommunitiesbetheyunderstoodintheformal contextoftheWHOsponsoredinitiativeorinlessformalarrangements.We willalsowelcomemanuscriptsthatexploreinnovativeresearchmethodsto studyageinginsocialandcommunitypsychology.Manuscriptsfromallworld regionsarewelcome.

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