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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... moral economy or more broadly as cultural gerontology ( Cole et al . 1992 , 1993 ; Andersson 2003 ) . This approach has gained popularity , as the classical theor- etical opposition of structure versus agency and culture versus ...
... moral economy or more broadly as cultural gerontology ( Cole et al . 1992 , 1993 ; Andersson 2003 ) . This approach has gained popularity , as the classical theor- etical opposition of structure versus agency and culture versus ...
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... moral and political economy of aging , in M. Minkler and C.L. Estes ( eds ) Critical Perspectives on Aging : The Political and Moral Economy of Growing Old . Amityville , NY : Baywood Publishing . Hendricks , J. et al . ( 1999 ) ...
... moral and political economy of aging , in M. Minkler and C.L. Estes ( eds ) Critical Perspectives on Aging : The Political and Moral Economy of Growing Old . Amityville , NY : Baywood Publishing . Hendricks , J. et al . ( 1999 ) ...
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... Moral Economy of 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 ...
... Moral Economy of 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 ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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