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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... nature of identity in old age . Debates about age and identity are often arguments for or against taking a particular stance toward the personal and social experience of growing older . The contested nature of ageing as a social ...
... nature of identity in old age . Debates about age and identity are often arguments for or against taking a particular stance toward the personal and social experience of growing older . The contested nature of ageing as a social ...
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... nature of personal autonomy and the degree to which the human body and social expectation set limits to social and personal expression . This change in the nature of identity has been put succinctly by Zugmunt Bauman ( 1995 ) : If the ...
... nature of personal autonomy and the degree to which the human body and social expectation set limits to social and personal expression . This change in the nature of identity has been put succinctly by Zugmunt Bauman ( 1995 ) : If the ...
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... natural progress . And while Callahan ( 1987 ) maintains that the life course is ' a biographical not a biological defin- ition ' , he does appear to believe that it contains natural stages and a natural duration . Death becomes ...
... natural progress . And while Callahan ( 1987 ) maintains that the life course is ' a biographical not a biological defin- ition ' , he does appear to believe that it contains natural stages and a natural duration . Death becomes ...
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Social theory and ageing | 8 |
beyond disengagement theory | 19 |
Key Points | 25 |
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