| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 185 pages) : illustrations |
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Ageing and the lifecourse |
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Ageing and the lifecourse.
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| Contents |
Critical perspectives on ageing societies / Miriam Bernard, Thomas Scharf -- Critical gerontology : reflections for the 21st century / Martha B. Holstein, Meredith Minkler -- Using human rights to defeat ageism : dealing with policy-induced 'structured dependency' / Peter Townsend -- The re-medicalisation of later life / Robin Means -- Narratives as agents of social change : a new direction for narrative gerontologists / Ruth E. Ray -- Redressing the balance? The participation of older people in research / Mo Ray -- Revisiting The Last Refuge : present-day methodological challenges / Julia Johnson, Sheena Rolph, Randall Smith -- The road to an age-inclusive society / Bill Bytheway [and others] -- Justice between generations : the recent history of an idea / Harry R. Moody -- Progress in gerontology : where are we going now? / Tony Warnes, Judith Phillips |
| Summary |
This important new book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective to review and update our understanding of how the field has developed over the last twenty-five years and provide a challenging assessment of the complex practical and ethical issues facing older people, and those who conduct research on ageing, in the 21st century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-176) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Older people -- Social conditions.
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Gerontology.
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Older people.
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Social change.
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Social justice.
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Aged
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Social Change
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Health Policy -- trends
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Social Justice
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Geriatrics
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gerontology.
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elderly.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging.
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Social justice
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Social change
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Older people
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Gerontology
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Older people -- Social conditions
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Alternde Bevölkerung
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Gesellschaft
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Gerontologie
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Alterssoziologie.
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Alter.
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Lebenssituation.
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Intergeneratives Verhältnis.
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Überalterung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bernard, Miriam.
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Scharf, Thomas.
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| ISBN |
9781847422392 |
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184742239X |
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9786611741709 |
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6611741704 |
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1447302001 |
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9781447302001 |
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1281741701 |
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9781281741707 |
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