Social Theory, Social Policy and Ageing: Critical PerspectivesIn 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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 30
... ageism is now generally accepted as a seminal statement on the phenomenon , and reflects the origins of anti - ageist approaches in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s . Butler described ageism as the ' systematic ...
... ageism is now generally accepted as a seminal statement on the phenomenon , and reflects the origins of anti - ageist approaches in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s . Butler described ageism as the ' systematic ...
Page 32
... ageism , ageism itself and continuity . In each , ageing is in some way irrelevant . Older and younger people only differ in terms of chronological age and difference can be explained by social prejudice on the one hand and failures of ...
... ageism , ageism itself and continuity . In each , ageing is in some way irrelevant . Older and younger people only differ in terms of chronological age and difference can be explained by social prejudice on the one hand and failures of ...
Page 83
Critical Perspectives Simon Biggs, Caroll Estes, Chris Phillipson. Anti - ageism , medicine and access Butler's description of gerontology as an optimistic amalgam of science and advocacy ( in Moody 1993 ) ... ageism, medicine and access.
Critical Perspectives Simon Biggs, Caroll Estes, Chris Phillipson. Anti - ageism , medicine and access Butler's description of gerontology as an optimistic amalgam of science and advocacy ( in Moody 1993 ) ... ageism, medicine and access.
Contents
Social theory and ageing | 8 |
3 | 25 |
Desire for continuity | 31 |
Copyright | |
11 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
activity adult ageing ageing identity ageism approach argued Associates 2001 Baltes Biggs Binstock biomedical biomedicine capital challenges chapter citizenship concerns context crisis critical gerontology critical perspective critical theory critique cultural debate defined demographic dominant economic elderly emphasis ethical experience factors feminism feminist focus forms gender global growing old health and social ideology impact important income individual inequalities influence institutions intergenerational issues labour major medical gaze Medicare migration neo-liberal nomic old age policy older adults organizations patriarchy pension political economy politics of ageing politics of old population ageing postmodern problems productive ageing professional QALY Quadagno questions reflected relations relationship retirement role social construction social movements social policy social security social theory society structural study of ageing tion trade unions transnational welfare women World Bank World Trade Organisation