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The need for theory
— critical approaches to social gerontology | | Author(s) | Simon Biggs, Ariela Lowenstein, Jon Hendricks |
| Publisher | Baywood, Amityville, NY, 2003 |
| Pages | 262 pp ((Society and aging series) |
| Source | Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 26 Austin Avenue, PO Box 337, Amityville, NY 11701, USA. E-mail: baywood@baywood.com Web site: http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Theory. |
| Annotation | Contributions on state-of-the-art theorising from experts in the field focus on selected topical areas facing gerontologists around the world and reflect some theoretical advances in the field. The first section mostly concerns the theorising of gerontology itself, for example in an examination of the division between structured inequalities and experienced identity. Section two considers the theorising of micro relations, generally with reference to individual and interpersonal ageing. Section three considers the power of macro or structural relations and their influences on the construction of ageing. Chris Phillipson suggests that critical gerontology must take globalisation and the effects on the reconstruction of old age into account. He argues that the resulting social, economic and cultural changes will influence both national and international regulation of population ageing. Other chapters examine theoretical approaches with regard to families and social support, age relations, and old age policy. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030916002 B |
| Classmark | BG: 4D |
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