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 14
... period [ i.e. the 1950s ] is that there is little or no clue that these researchers are aware of this connection ... The relationship between activity and life satisfaction was pursued in a variety of ways over the next two decades ...
... period [ i.e. the 1950s ] is that there is little or no clue that these researchers are aware of this connection ... The relationship between activity and life satisfaction was pursued in a variety of ways over the next two decades ...
Page 33
... period for the formation of adult personality . Second , the parents - who are at once formative and restrict- ive of the child's identity - are cast as the villains of the piece because problems of identity are seen as stemming from ...
... period for the formation of adult personality . Second , the parents - who are at once formative and restrict- ive of the child's identity - are cast as the villains of the piece because problems of identity are seen as stemming from ...
Page 131
... period ( reflecting what was seen to be the sacrifices of older people through the depression of the 1930s and in ... period , when bodies such as the Trades Union Congress ( TUC ) and individual trade unions were heavily involved around ...
... period ( reflecting what was seen to be the sacrifices of older people through the depression of the 1930s and in ... period , when bodies such as the Trades Union Congress ( TUC ) and individual trade unions were heavily involved around ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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