THE STUDY OF COLLECTIVE ACTION AMONG OLDER PEOPLE: A SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

ABSTRACT This paper reports a research project about collective action among older people in the UK. The research aimed to investigate the social issues older people are concerned about, to identify the types of collective action that they are likely to take, and to examine perceived barriers to engaging in collective action. This work was framed within two social psychological theories, Identity Process Theory [1] and Social Representations Theor