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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... growing old . This chapter widens the discussion with an exploration of how global social changes are transforming the experience of ageing . Globalization , defined here as the process whereby nation states are influenced ( and ...
... growing old . This chapter widens the discussion with an exploration of how global social changes are transforming the experience of ageing . Globalization , defined here as the process whereby nation states are influenced ( and ...
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... growing old is shaped and managed . Typically , older people's networks have been examined within national borders , and their experiences of care and support assessed within this context ( Phillipson 1998 ) . But migrants bring ...
... growing old is shaped and managed . Typically , older people's networks have been examined within national borders , and their experiences of care and support assessed within this context ( Phillipson 1998 ) . But migrants bring ...
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... Growing Old . Amityville , NY : Baywood Publishing . Minkler , M. and Cole , T. ( 1999 ) Political and moral economy : getting to know one another , in M. Minkler and C.L. Estes ( eds ) Critical Gerontology : Perspectives from Political ...
... Growing Old . Amityville , NY : Baywood Publishing . Minkler , M. and Cole , T. ( 1999 ) Political and moral economy : getting to know one another , in M. Minkler and C.L. Estes ( eds ) Critical Gerontology : Perspectives from Political ...
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Social theory and ageing | 8 |
beyond disengagement theory | 19 |
Key Points | 25 |
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