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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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
Contents
Social theory and ageing | 8 |
3 | 25 |
Desire for continuity | 31 |
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