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 58
... dominant ideol- ogy . This view of ' markets over politics ' is an ideology that has been success- fully employed to achieve larger political and economic goals of welfare reform , and now provides the impetus for the attempts to ...
... dominant ideol- ogy . This view of ' markets over politics ' is an ideology that has been success- fully employed to achieve larger political and economic goals of welfare reform , and now provides the impetus for the attempts to ...
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... dominant groups in society maintain control over subordinate groups . When a dominant group has achieved widespread support for its priorities , its world view is said to have gained hegemony ( Sassoon 2001 ) . Coercion occurs when ...
... dominant groups in society maintain control over subordinate groups . When a dominant group has achieved widespread support for its priorities , its world view is said to have gained hegemony ( Sassoon 2001 ) . Coercion occurs when ...
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... dominant western characterization of age as loss . Both age and migration can provoke losses and hardships , but in some cases migration has led to adult ageing being associated with new and better circumstances than would have been ...
... dominant western characterization of age as loss . Both age and migration can provoke losses and hardships , but in some cases migration has led to adult ageing being associated with new and better circumstances than would have been ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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