03049nam 2200733Ia 450 991082174710332120200520144314.01-135-36793-00-203-29220-01-135-36794-91-280-06798-50-203-21475-710.4324/9780203214756 (CKB)1000000000250886(EBL)181491(OCoLC)475891744(SSID)ssj0000280755(PQKBManifestationID)11241438(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280755(PQKBWorkID)10292120(PQKB)10391977(SSID)ssj0000299604(PQKBManifestationID)12051989(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000299604(PQKBWorkID)10260922(PQKB)11576827(MiAaPQ)EBC181491(Au-PeEL)EBL181491(CaPaEBR)ebr10100764(CaONFJC)MIL6798(OCoLC)826514895(EXLCZ)99100000000025088619950601d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInequality and old age /John A. Vincent1st ed.New York, N.Y. St. Martin's Press19951 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85728-263-9 1-85728-262-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Social inequality and the ageing process; Being old in different societies: varieties of ways to be an elderly person; Changing life-course patterns; Old age and the symbolic order; Social theories of inequality: gender, race, class and age; Numbers and justice: who's afraid of an ageing population?; Social theories of ageing; The reproduction of inequality: power, structured dependence and the life course; Bibliography; IndexAn analysis of ageing in relation to identity formation, inequality and stratification. The book outlines a theory of social inequality which encompasses those inequalities associated with old age - in addition to class, gender, race and ethnicity.; This book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate sociology courses in social stratification and social theory, as well as students and researchers in social policy, social welfare and health with an interest in the study of ageing.AgingSocial aspectsUnited StatesEqualityUnited StatesOlder peopleUnited StatesAgingSocial aspectsEqualityOlder people305.26305.260973Vincent John A.1947-874108MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821747103321Inequality and old age4196430UNINA