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Critical Perspectives on Ageing Societies
Miriam Bernard
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Description for Critical Perspectives on Ageing Societies
Paperback. This important 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 and provide a challenging assessment of the complex practical and ethical issues facing older people, and those who conduct research on ageing. Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 177 x 11. Weight in Grams: 352.
This important book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective. Together, they review and update our understanding of how the field has developed over the last twenty-five years and, through the lens of 'passionate scholarship', 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. The contributions extend the critical gerontological approach conceptually, methodologically and practically. They offer close and scholarly analysis of policies affecting the lives of older people and provide insights into why research is done ... Read more
This important book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective. Together, they review and update our understanding of how the field has developed over the last twenty-five years and, through the lens of 'passionate scholarship', 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. The contributions extend the critical gerontological approach conceptually, methodologically and practically. They offer close and scholarly analysis of policies affecting the lives of older people and provide insights into why research is done ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Ageing and the Lifecourse Series
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861348906
SKU
V9781861348906
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About Miriam Bernard
Miriam Bernard is Professor of Social Gerontology and Director of the Research Institute for Life Course Studies at Keele University. Thomas Scharf is Professor of Social Gerontology and Director of the Centre for Social Gerontology at Keele University.
Reviews for Critical Perspectives on Ageing Societies
"This valuable and timely collection adds substantially to the critical gerontology literature by assessing progress, renewing the committed scholarship that provided the original impetus behind this approach and by ensuring that the voices of older people are at centre stage in its analyses." Alan Walker, University of Sheffield