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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... theoretical models of ageing ; the reproduction of gender inequality through biomedical policy ; and the impact of globalization and corporate power on responses to health and illness in later life . Political resist- ance to biomedical ...
... theoretical models of ageing ; the reproduction of gender inequality through biomedical policy ; and the impact of globalization and corporate power on responses to health and illness in later life . Political resist- ance to biomedical ...
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... theoretical framework at the time ( drawn from the USA ) was the structural - functionalist paradigm as developed by Talcott Parsons ( 1942 ) and others . This theoretical model proved complementary to bio- medical approaches given its ...
... theoretical framework at the time ( drawn from the USA ) was the structural - functionalist paradigm as developed by Talcott Parsons ( 1942 ) and others . This theoretical model proved complementary to bio- medical approaches given its ...
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... theoretical debate was taken over by the publication ( in 1961 ) of Cumming and Henry's Growing Old : The Process of ... theoretical and method- ological approach , namely , gerontology . Through the 1960s and for a period in the 1970s ...
... theoretical debate was taken over by the publication ( in 1961 ) of Cumming and Henry's Growing Old : The Process of ... theoretical and method- ological approach , namely , gerontology . Through the 1960s and for a period in the 1970s ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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