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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... effects of neo - conservative moral ' economies ' that attempt to define the relationship between social responsibility and age . Attention has also been paid to the politics of care and affirmation , and the development of different ...
... effects of neo - conservative moral ' economies ' that attempt to define the relationship between social responsibility and age . Attention has also been paid to the politics of care and affirmation , and the development of different ...
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... effects of globalization on adult ageing . This chap- ter begins by arguing that global challenges to the nation state hold profound implications for policy on ageing both locally and transnationally . The role of intergovernmental ...
... effects of globalization on adult ageing . This chap- ter begins by arguing that global challenges to the nation state hold profound implications for policy on ageing both locally and transnationally . The role of intergovernmental ...
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... effects of each of these on social policy and old age as well as individual and societal ageing . Key to developing a critique of ageing as it is currently constructed would be a creative amalgam of two streams of contemporary social ...
... effects of each of these on social policy and old age as well as individual and societal ageing . Key to developing a critique of ageing as it is currently constructed would be a creative amalgam of two streams of contemporary social ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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