Social Theory, Social Policy and Ageing: A Critical IntroductionOpen University Press, 2003 - 191 pages Presents a critical review of key theoretical developments and issues influencing the study of adult ageing. This book explores trends in social policy, drawing on the experience of ageing in the USA, Europe and an increasingly global environment. Particular attention is given to feminist perspectives on ageing, ethics and bio-medicine. |
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Page 105
... capital , people , knowledge , communications and weapons , as well as crime , pollu- tants , fashions and beliefs , rapidly move across territorial boundaries ... Far from this being a world of ' discrete civilisations ' or simply an ...
... capital , people , knowledge , communications and weapons , as well as crime , pollu- tants , fashions and beliefs , rapidly move across territorial boundaries ... Far from this being a world of ' discrete civilisations ' or simply an ...
Page 106
... capital accumulation in the context of global competition ( Du Boff and Herman 1997 ) ; second , the concept of citizens and the rights of citizenship and the consequences for both ( e.g. social rights of citizenship for elders or any ...
... capital accumulation in the context of global competition ( Du Boff and Herman 1997 ) ; second , the concept of citizens and the rights of citizenship and the consequences for both ( e.g. social rights of citizenship for elders or any ...
Page 108
... capital does not in itself deny states the power to regulate it or any other fraction of capital . She concludes from this that Far from capitulating to globalization , states are pursuing a variety of strategies to steer globalization ...
... capital does not in itself deny states the power to regulate it or any other fraction of capital . She concludes from this that Far from capitulating to globalization , states are pursuing a variety of strategies to steer globalization ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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