Social Theory, Social Policy and Ageing: Critical PerspectivesMcGraw-Hill Education, 2003 M11 1 - 200 pages In this important new book, three leading social theorists of old age present a critical review of key theoretical developments and issues influencing the study of adult ageing. The authors explore contemporary 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, successful and productive ageing, globalization and migration and the politics of ageing. Consideration is given in each case to the interaction between structural influences on social ageing and the experience of age and identity. The work ends with a manifesto for social theory, social policy and social change. Social Theory, Social Policy and Ageing will be valuable reading for advanced students and practitioners taking courses in social theory, the sociology of old age and social gerontology. |
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... interaction with one another ... Facts virtually come to life in their assertion , invocation , realization and utility . From this point of view , language is not just a vehicle for symbolically representing realities ; its usage , in ...
... interaction with one another ... Facts virtually come to life in their assertion , invocation , realization and utility . From this point of view , language is not just a vehicle for symbolically representing realities ; its usage , in ...
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... interaction . As such it has become part of the hegemonic arsenal of biomedicine . A further argument , elaborated below , is more Foucauldian in its critique in so far as it examines how the medical gaze modifies the way in which old ...
... interaction . As such it has become part of the hegemonic arsenal of biomedicine . A further argument , elaborated below , is more Foucauldian in its critique in so far as it examines how the medical gaze modifies the way in which old ...
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... interaction , 93-5 , 96-8 patriarchy , 50–1 see also masculine domination theories pensioner groups see interest groups pensions , 74 , 75 , 110-11 , 136-7 , 139-40 perogative ' state masculinism ' , 49-50 PFI see Private Finance ...
... interaction , 93-5 , 96-8 patriarchy , 50–1 see also masculine domination theories pensioner groups see interest groups pensions , 74 , 75 , 110-11 , 136-7 , 139-40 perogative ' state masculinism ' , 49-50 PFI see Private Finance ...
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Social theory and ageing | 8 |
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
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