Understanding Aging : A Short Tour /
Jason L. Powell.
- 1 online resource (72 pages)
- Social Perspectives of Aging (Series Editor: Jason L. Powell, Dean of Faculty, University of Liverpool) .
- Social Perspectives of Aging (Series Editor: Jason L. Powell, Dean of Faculty, University of Liverpool) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-52) and index.
INTRODUCTION -- CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES IN GERONTOLOGY -- POLITICAL ECONOMY OF OLD AGE -- From Political Economy to 'Critical' Gerontology? -- EVALUATION -- THE CASE OF GENDER AND AGING -- GENDER, SEXUALITY AND AGEING -- DISCUSSION -- BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES TO AGING -- CONCLUSION -- PHENOMENOLOGY OF AGING -- WHAT IS PHENOMENOLOGY? -- PHENOMENOLOGY AND AGING -- (i) Aging and the Biomedical Gaze -- (ii) Aging and Identity -- Towards a Phenomenology of Aging: Biography and the Life Course -- CONCLUSION -- GLOBALISATION AND AGING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
This book explores specific theories on aging grounded through examination of several issues in social welfare. The book will review different understandings of becoming and being old and how these have been reflected in society in general and social policy in particular. The text aims to explore current debates about aging populations as well as to understand issues affecting individual older people. A key focus is the crucial relationship between old age and the welfare state, to a large extent concerned with the provision of support to older people. It attempts to understand and evaluate these important welfare issues by exploring conceptual coverage derived from both macro and micro theories of aging.