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Christopher Phillipson - Ageing - 9780745630847 - V9780745630847
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Ageing

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Description for Ageing Hardback. Ageing populations represent a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Few areas of life will remain untouched by the accompanying changes to cultural, economic and social life. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Ageing populations represent a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Few areas of life will remain untouched by the accompanying changes to cultural, economic and social life. This book interrogates various understandings of ageing, and provides a critical assessment of attitudes and responses to the development of ageing societies, placing these in the context of a variety of historical and sociological debates.

Written in a highly accessible style, this book examines a range of topics, including demographic change across high- and low-income countries, theories of social ageing, changing definitions of 'age', retirement trends, family and intergenerational relations, poverty ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Key Concepts
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745630847
SKU
V9780745630847
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Ref
99-50

About Christopher Phillipson
Chris Phillipson is professor of sociology and social gerontology at the University of Manchester.

Reviews for Ageing
"Written by a sociologist, one of our most prominent authorities on ageing, this book provides a comprehensive and insightful overview of the key debates in the field." Nursing Times "Polity’s ‘key concepts’ book series focuses on highly complex concepts, and this definitely holds for Phillipson’s subject matter: ageing. The series is also meant to get to ... Read more

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