Culture, Migration, Inequality, and "Periphery" in a Globalized World: Challenges for Ethno- and Anthropogerontology

This chapter focuses on the implications of a globalized world for the study of the impact of ethnicity and culture on the experience of aging. The discussion that follows takes for granted that globalization is bringing about the growth of interactions between a range of social, economic, and cultural networks across the world. Archer (1990) summarizes the implications of these changes by stating that each "major aspect of social reality ... is simultaneously undergoing globalization" (p. 1).