Avrupa’da Yaşlanma, Aktif Yaşlanma ve Kuşaklar Arası Çatışma İlişkisine COVID-19 Güncellemesi

Abstract

Bilimsel ve politik tartışmalarda yaşlanma, yaşlı ve genç nesil arasında çatışmaya yol açan ve engellenemez bir durum olarak algılanmaktadır. Özellikle son 10 yılda Avrupa’da, yaşlıların büyük ölçüde gençler sayesinde iyi durumda olduğuna yönelik, nesiller arası çatışmayı arttıran bir eğilim belirginleşmiştir. Bu çalışma, Avrupa’da kuşaklar arası çatışmaya yönelik göstergeleri; kuşaklar arası çatışma ile yaşlanma ve kuşaklar arası çatışma ile aktif yaşlanma politikaları arasındaki ilişkiyi ve son olarak, COVID-19’un kuşaklar arası çatışmanın boyutuna etkisini değerlendirmek amacıyla, “Avrupa’da genç ve yaşlı kuşağın çıkarları arasında bir çatışma var mı?”, “Nüfusun yaşlanmasıyla çatışma artar mı?”, “Aktif yaşlanma politikaları çatışmayı yumuşatabilir mi?”, “COVID-19 Avrupa’da kuşaklar arası çatışmayı arttırdı mı?” sorularına cevap aramaktadır. Literatürden kanıtlar, Avrupa’da kuşaklar arası bir çatışmanın var olduğunu ve yaşlıların aktif olarak hayata katıldıklarında ve toplumda görünür olduklarında kuşaklar arası çatışmanın daha zayıf olacağını göstermektedir. Pandemi ise yaşlı ve genç nesiller arasındaki çıkar çatışmasını arttırmış ve görünür kılmıştır. Çalışma, literatürde hem teorik olarak hem de çeşitli araştırmalarla incelenen kuşaklar arası çatışma ve yaşlanma ilişkisine COVID-19 perspektifi getirmekte, bu bakımdan mevcut tartışmaları bir adım öteye taşımaktadır. 

Keywords

• Kuşaklar arası çatışma
• Aktif yaşlanma
• Yaşlanma

COVID-19 Update on Its Relationship to Aging, Active Aging, and Intergenerational Conflict in Europe

Abstract

Scientific and political debates perceive aging as an unavoidable situation that leads to conflict between older and younger generations. The last 10 years in particular have seen a clear trend in Europe with older people doing well largely due to the younger generation, and this has increased the intergenerational conflict. This study examines the indicators for intergenerational conflict in Europe in order to assess the relationships between intergenerational conflict and aging and between intergenerational conflict and active aging policies. Lastly, the article seeks answers to questions such as “Does conflict exist between the interests of the younger and older generations in Europe?”, “Does conflict increase as populations age?”, “Can active aging policies moderate conflict?”, and “Has COVID-19 increased intergenerational conflict in Europe?” with regard to the impact COVID-19 has had in terms of the extent of the intergenerational conflict. Evidence from the literature indicates that an intergenerational conflict exists in Europe and that this intergenerational conflict weakens as older people become more actively involved in life and visible in society. On the other hand, the pandemic has increased the presence and visibility of the conflict of interests between the old and young generations. This article brings the perspective of COVID-19 to the relationship between intergenerational conflict and aging, which has been examined theoretically through various studies in the literature, and takes the current discussions one step further in this respect.

Keywords

• Intergenerational conflict
• active aging
• aging
• COVID-19
• Kuşaklar arası çatışma
• Aktif yaşlanma
• Yaşlanma

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