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 49
... relations do not function in the same way as gender relations ; race relations are still another matter . All of these come together in cross - cutting ways ... Gender is present in the processes , practices , images and ideologies and ...
... relations do not function in the same way as gender relations ; race relations are still another matter . All of these come together in cross - cutting ways ... Gender is present in the processes , practices , images and ideologies and ...
Page 51
... relations with the household ( Dickinson and Russell 1986 ; O'Connor et al . 1999 ) . Social repro- duction is a concept that embraces the work of both producing the members of society as educated , healthy , knowledgeable and ...
... relations with the household ( Dickinson and Russell 1986 ; O'Connor et al . 1999 ) . Social repro- duction is a concept that embraces the work of both producing the members of society as educated , healthy , knowledgeable and ...
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... relations were further transformed in the drive towards the privat- ization and marketization of care relations , from the 1980s onwards . At an ideological level this was often presented as an attempt to free people from the perceived ...
... relations were further transformed in the drive towards the privat- ization and marketization of care relations , from the 1980s onwards . At an ideological level this was often presented as an attempt to free people from the perceived ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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