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Autore |
Clough Roger |
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Titolo |
Housing Decisions in Later Life [[electronic resource] /] / by Roger Clough, Mary Leamy, Vince Miller, Les Bright |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-28284-3 |
9786610282845 |
0-230-00593-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XI, 255 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social sciences |
Social policy |
Aging |
Social work |
Sociology |
Welfare state |
Social service |
Social Sciences |
Social Policy |
Social Work |
Politics of the Welfare State |
Social Care |
Sociology, general |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines the processes by which older people make housing decisions and the impact such decisions have on the construction of their lives. Evidence is included from a major three-year research study, where older people told stories of their lives. The authors argue that housing decisions are not necessarily the result of rational, analytical |
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and objective thinking. The contribution of other ways of decision-making is often hidden, as when people think intuitively, act impulsively, or for essentially emotional reasons. |
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