Age inequality: Geography’s overlooked dimension of difference

Drawing on evidence from children and young people’s geographies, geographical gerontology and wider writing about inequality, this paper explores processes through which age operates as a system of stratification. Consideration is given to, how ageism as a lifecourse experience is distinctive from other forms of prejudice, the relationship of age to other axes of inequality and how age cohorts and intergenerational dynamics are fundamental to emerging patterns of wealth inequality. Given the consequences for people of all ages, I conclude that greater integration of age as a concept in Geography may reinvigorate the discipline’s focus on tackling worsening inequalities.