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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... ageing Approaching age , theory and policy In this book we attempt to cover the main issues facing the study of ageing in the first decades of the twenty - first century . As such , it should provide the reader with an overview of ...
... ageing Approaching age , theory and policy In this book we attempt to cover the main issues facing the study of ageing in the first decades of the twenty - first century . As such , it should provide the reader with an overview of ...
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... gerontology emerged as a key intervention challenging traditional theories and perspectives within the study of ageing . Critical gerontology was a response to three major concerns arising from research into old age over this period ...
... gerontology emerged as a key intervention challenging traditional theories and perspectives within the study of ageing . Critical gerontology was a response to three major concerns arising from research into old age over this period ...
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... ageing . There is also a tendency to fit older people into policies designed ... ageing ' are seductive to gerontology , because they seem to promise answers to ... study of ageing and the links between them . Where areas are chronically ...
... ageing . There is also a tendency to fit older people into policies designed ... ageing ' are seductive to gerontology , because they seem to promise answers to ... study of ageing and the links between them . Where areas are chronically ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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