Social Theory, Social Policy and Ageing: A Critical IntroductionOpen University Press, 2003 - 191 páginas 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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... discourse or story . The work of Michel Foucault is particularly helpful in disentangling the ways in which consent ... discourses that define what counts as legitimate knowledge , and in this case legitimate forms that ageing might take ...
... discourse or story . The work of Michel Foucault is particularly helpful in disentangling the ways in which consent ... discourses that define what counts as legitimate knowledge , and in this case legitimate forms that ageing might take ...
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... discourses held by professional helpers and a ground on which professional - patient inter- actions take place ( Estes ... discourse on what it is to grow old . Often ageing is reduced to an individual complaint , the problems of bodily ...
... discourses held by professional helpers and a ground on which professional - patient inter- actions take place ( Estes ... discourse on what it is to grow old . Often ageing is reduced to an individual complaint , the problems of bodily ...
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... discourse within and among global actors on the future of national and supra - national policy . He illustrates this theme with the observation that ' The future of social policy at the national and supra- national levels is being ...
... discourse within and among global actors on the future of national and supra - national policy . He illustrates this theme with the observation that ' The future of social policy at the national and supra- national levels is being ...
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Social theory and ageing | 8 |
beyond disengagement theory | 19 |
Key Points | 25 |
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