Ageing, diversity and equality : social justice perspectives / / edited by Sue Westwood

• Autore: Westwood Sue
• Pubblicazione: Taylor & Francis, 2017; Abingdon, Oxon. ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2019; ©2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages) : tables; digital file(s)
• Disciplina: 305.26
• Soggetto topico: Minority older people - Social conditions; Older people - Social conditions; Aging - Social aspects; Equality
• Soggetto non controllato: Sociology; social justice; ageing inequalities; inequalities in later life
• Persona (resp. second.): WestwoodSue <1957->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Current understandings of ageing and diversity are impoverished in three main ways. Firstly, with regards to thinking about what inequalities operate in later life there has been an excessive preoccupation with economic resources. On the other hand, less attention has been paid to cultural norms and values, other resources, wider social processes, political participation and community engagement. Secondly, in terms of thinking about the ‘who’ of inequality, this has so far been limited to a very narrow range of minority populations. Finally, when considering the ‘how’ of inequality, social gerontology’s theoretical analyses remain under-developed. The overall effect of these issues is that social gerontology remains deeply embedded in normative assumptions which serve to exclude a wide range of older people. This book aims to challenge and provoke the above described normativity and offer an alternative approach which highlights the heterogeneity and diversity of ageing.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ageing, diversity and equality
• ISBN: 1-351-85131-4; 1-315-22683-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910294540503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge advances in sociology.