ISBN:
9781624171963
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 58 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Social perspectives of aging
Series Statement:
Social Perspectives of Aging (Series Editor: Jason L. Powell, Dean of Faculty, University of Liverpool)
Parallel Title:
Print version Understanding Aging : A Short Tour
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Aging Government policy
;
Older people Social conditions
;
Aging Social aspects
;
Older people Government policy
;
Gerontology
;
Aging -- Government policy
;
Older people -- Social conditions
;
Older people -- Government policy
;
Aging -- Social aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- UNDERSTANDING AGING -- UNDERSTANDING AGING -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES IN GERONTOLOGY -- POLITICAL ECONOMY OF OLD AGE -- From Political Economy to 'Critical' Gerontology? -- EVALUATION -- THE CASE OF GENDER AND AGING -- GENDER, SEXUALITY AND AGEING -- DISCUSSION -- BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES TO AGING -- CONCLUSION -- PHENOMENOLOGY OF AGING -- WHAT IS PHENOMENOLOGY? -- PHENOMENOLOGY AND AGING -- (i) Aging and the Biomedical Gaze -- (ii) Aging and Identity -- Towards a Phenomenology of Aging: Biography and the Life Course -- CONCLUSION -- GLOBALISATION AND AGING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Description / Table of Contents:
IntroductionCritical perspectives in gerontology -- Gender and aging -- Biographical approaches to aging -- Phenomenology of aging -- Globalization and aging -- Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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