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 19
... force ( i.e. power is not just about economics ) and that society ( e.g. civil culture ) and the state are key sites in which struggles for ideological hegemony take place . All political and economic regimes use ideology as the ...
... force ( i.e. power is not just about economics ) and that society ( e.g. civil culture ) and the state are key sites in which struggles for ideological hegemony take place . All political and economic regimes use ideology as the ...
Page 98
... force , but on the ability to persuade active subjects to reproduce those relations for themselves , then the telling of narratives will always be suspect . According to this perspective , the scope of ideas such as patient autonomy ...
... force , but on the ability to persuade active subjects to reproduce those relations for themselves , then the telling of narratives will always be suspect . According to this perspective , the scope of ideas such as patient autonomy ...
Page 153
... forces that attempt to force it into fixed and inauthentic patterns . Finally , it reintroduces the issue of solidarity , as a chal- lenge to the age - segregation endemic to contemporary western societies , and as a process of ...
... forces that attempt to force it into fixed and inauthentic patterns . Finally , it reintroduces the issue of solidarity , as a chal- lenge to the age - segregation endemic to contemporary western societies , and as a process of ...
Contents
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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