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9780761960119

Understanding Old Age : Critical and Global Perspectives

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761960119

  • ISBN10:

    0761960112

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-05-01
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

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Summary

Providing a comprehensive overview of issues of ageing from a global perspective this ambitious text introduces the reader to a wide range of issues and policies on ageing. Topics examined include: theoretical perspectives on ageing in society; demographic trends; roles played by older people as political actors; migration; health; pensions; family and institutional care; and elder abuse. This will be an essential text for students of social gerontology, as well as an invaluable resource for students of nursing, social work, social policy and development studies.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables
viii
Acknowledgements ix
An ageing world
1(16)
Ageing across cultures
17(12)
Rising tides: demography and old age
29(16)
Older people as political actors
45(14)
Globalization, structural adjustment and ageing
59(12)
Globalization, migration and ageing
71(15)
Material resources in later life
86(15)
Health and illness in later life
101(14)
Family and community in later life
115(16)
Services for elders
131(14)
Institutional living in later life
145(15)
Ageing in context
160(11)
References 171(16)
Index 187

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