ISBN:
9781351845922
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (300 p)
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Molony, Sheila L Book Review: Baars J, Dannefer D, Phillipson C, Walker A eds. 2006: Aging, globalization and inequality: the new gerontology. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing. 300 pp. USD60.00 (HB). ISBN: 0 89503 358 5 2008
Series Statement:
Society and Aging Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Baars, Jan Aging, Globalization and Inequality : The New Critical Gerontology
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Introduction: Critical Perspectives in Social Gerontology -- Section 1: Dimensions of Critical Gerontology -- 2. Beyond Neomodernism, Antimodernism, and Postmodernism: Basic Categories for Contemporary Critical Gerontology -- 3. Aging and Globalization: Issues for Critical Gerontology and Political Economy -- 4. Reexamining the Political Economy of Aging: Understanding the Structure/Agency Tension -- 5. Critical Feminist Perspectives, Aging, and Social Policy
Abstract:
6. Reciprocal Co-Optation: The Relationship of Critical Theory and Social Gerontology -- Section 2: Critical Dimensions of Medicalization: Aging and Health as Cultural Products -- 7. From Chronology to Functionality: Critical Reflections on the Gerontology of the Body -- 8. Empowering the Old: Critical Gerontology and Anti-Aging in a Global Context -- 9. Dementia in the Iron Cage: The Biopsychiatric Construction of Alzheimer's Dementia -- Section 3: Age and Inequality: Local, National, and Global Dynamics -- 10. The Emerging Postmodern Culture of Aging and Retirement Security
Abstract:
11. Dynamics of Late-Life Inequality: Modeling the Interplay of Health Disparities, Economic Resources, and Public Policies -- 12. Health, Aging, and America's Poor: Ethnographic Insights on Family Co-morbidity and Cumulative Disadvantage -- 13. Culture, Migration, Inequality, and ""Periphery"" in a Globalized World: Challenges for Ethno- and Anthropogerontology -- 14. Globalization and Critical Theory: Political Economy of World Population Issues -- Contributors -- Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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