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 32
... seen as a means of carrying one's fixity along as ageing takes place , maintained by continuities of peer reinforcement . Cohort and continuity are both models of stability in identity maintenance . While a mechanism for protecting ...
... seen as a means of carrying one's fixity along as ageing takes place , maintained by continuities of peer reinforcement . Cohort and continuity are both models of stability in identity maintenance . While a mechanism for protecting ...
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... seen as a neutral and basic- ally democratic institution . Sex discrimination , sex bias and inequality are thought ... seen as the ultimate source of inequality ( Firestone 1970 , 1979 ; Jaggar and Rothenberg 1984 ) . It is men's ...
... seen as a neutral and basic- ally democratic institution . Sex discrimination , sex bias and inequality are thought ... seen as the ultimate source of inequality ( Firestone 1970 , 1979 ; Jaggar and Rothenberg 1984 ) . It is men's ...
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... seen as inseparable , as the ability to establish what is a correct understanding of a problem itself reinforces the professional viewpoint , and power inequalities are thereby per- petuated . The ' professional gaze ' , then , shapes ...
... seen as inseparable , as the ability to establish what is a correct understanding of a problem itself reinforces the professional viewpoint , and power inequalities are thereby per- petuated . The ' professional gaze ' , then , shapes ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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