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| A Foucauldian analysis of old age and the power of social welfare | | Author(s) | Simon Biggs, Jason L Powell |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 12, no 2, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 93-112 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Social welfare ; Personality ; Theory. |
| Annotation | It is argued that the question of social welfare is a key - if often overlooked - component in the construction of power relations and identities in later life that can take its place next to debates on bioethics and consumer lifestyle. Michel Foucault's claim in 1977, that identities are kept in place through the deployment of integrated systems of power and knowledge and a routine operation of surveillance and assessment, is critically examined in this context. Trends in social welfare in the UK are used as a case example that sheds light on wider contemporary issues associated with old age. Implications for the creation of particular narratives about later life are discussed and grounded through Foucault's 1988 notion of "technologies of self". (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010531210 A |
| Classmark | BG: TY: DK: 4D |
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