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 56
... women than men ) , state policy sustains the subordination of women by imposing a normative and preferential view of a particular family form with a male breadwinner and a dependent wife ( Pascall 1986 ) that is inherently ...
... women than men ) , state policy sustains the subordination of women by imposing a normative and preferential view of a particular family form with a male breadwinner and a dependent wife ( Pascall 1986 ) that is inherently ...
Page 116
... women are not always easily answered . She suggests : First , there is no one single category or group called ' women ' who have identical interests , although there are , it seems , unifying prob- lems and experiences among very ...
... women are not always easily answered . She suggests : First , there is no one single category or group called ' women ' who have identical interests , although there are , it seems , unifying prob- lems and experiences among very ...
Page 117
... women . Moreover , with women performing long - term care work ' free ' , but at great financial , physical and psychological hardship , the continuing and deepening themes and pat- terns of privatization globally are likely to ...
... women . Moreover , with women performing long - term care work ' free ' , but at great financial , physical and psychological hardship , the continuing and deepening themes and pat- terns of privatization globally are likely to ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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