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Perspectives on ageing
 — old age in the traditions of social thought
Author(s)Susan Thompson, Neil Thompson
PublisherSocial Work Monographs, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 1993
Pages46pp (monograph 22)
KeywordsAgeing process.
AnnotationThe aim of this monograph is to examine critically the concept of old age in modern society, and to challenge its definition by biological criteria, such as physical or mental decline. It explores the nature of old age as a social construction, the boundaries of which are defined according to political, cultural and economic forces. Four perspectives are chosen: the new right; marxism; feminism and social reformism.
Accession NumberCPA-930922025
ClassmarkBG

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