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Inequality and old age / / John A. Vincent
| Inequality and old age / / John A. Vincent |
| Autore | Vincent John A. <1947-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y., : St. Martin's Press, 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina |
305.26
305.260973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Aging - Social aspects - United States
Equality - United States Older people - United States |
| ISBN |
1-135-36793-0
0-203-29220-0 1-135-36794-9 1-280-06798-5 0-203-21475-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821747103321 |
Vincent John A. <1947->
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| New York, N.Y., : St. Martin's Press, 1995 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Old age [[electronic resource] /] / John Vincent
| Old age [[electronic resource] /] / John Vincent |
| Autore | Vincent John A. <1947-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | ix, 190 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 305.26 |
| Collana | Key ideas |
| Soggetto topico | Older people - Social conditions |
| ISBN |
1-134-49661-3
90-366-1910-6 1-280-07060-9 0-203-44992-4 0-415-26822-2 |
| Classificazione | 71.36 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- OLD AGE -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Key questions -- 1 The experience of old age -- The social construction of old age -- Social regulation of age in Britain -- The importance of pensions in establishing the modern category 'old age' -- Social cues to old age -- A cross-cultural comparison of the construction of old age -- Standard of living and quality of life in old age -- Women and widows -- Expectations of old age -- 2 The succession of generations -- Social groups based on age -- What do we mean by generation? -- Generation, community and inequality -- The changing experience of different historical cohorts -- The interaction of generational expectations -- Generations and social change -- The social solidarity of generations -- 3 Global crises and old age -- What is globalisation, how might it impact on old age? -- Older people and poverty -- Old age: population and environmental crises -- Is there a global demographic crisis? -- Conclusion: older people in an unequal world -- 4 Old age, equity and intergenerational conflict? -- The demographic crisis and national pension schemes -- The issue is not demographic - the manufacture of a crisis -- Globalisation and the nation state, implications for welfare -- Globalisation and the growth of pensions as a force in world financial markets -- Problems with the economic arguments for pension fund capitalism -- Old age and the power of capital -- 5 Consumerism, identity and old age -- Old age and identity -- Diversity in old age -- Identity and life history -- Consumption and identity -- Choice, identity and old age -- 6 Old age, sickness, death and immortality -- Knowledge of ageing and death -- Ageing as the subject of biological science -- The medicalisation of old age -- Avoiding old age -- Individualism and sociology of body.
Old age and death -- Conclusion: old age and ageism -- Liberation of old age -- Notes -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996197704603316 |
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Vincent John A. <1947->
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| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Old age / / John Vincent
| Old age / / John Vincent |
| Autore | Vincent John A. <1947-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | ix, 190 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 305.26 |
| Collana | Key ideas |
| Soggetto topico | Older people - Social conditions |
| ISBN |
1-134-49661-3
90-366-1910-6 1-280-07060-9 0-203-44992-4 0-415-26822-2 |
| Classificazione | 71.36 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- OLD AGE -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Key questions -- 1 The experience of old age -- The social construction of old age -- Social regulation of age in Britain -- The importance of pensions in establishing the modern category 'old age' -- Social cues to old age -- A cross-cultural comparison of the construction of old age -- Standard of living and quality of life in old age -- Women and widows -- Expectations of old age -- 2 The succession of generations -- Social groups based on age -- What do we mean by generation? -- Generation, community and inequality -- The changing experience of different historical cohorts -- The interaction of generational expectations -- Generations and social change -- The social solidarity of generations -- 3 Global crises and old age -- What is globalisation, how might it impact on old age? -- Older people and poverty -- Old age: population and environmental crises -- Is there a global demographic crisis? -- Conclusion: older people in an unequal world -- 4 Old age, equity and intergenerational conflict? -- The demographic crisis and national pension schemes -- The issue is not demographic - the manufacture of a crisis -- Globalisation and the nation state, implications for welfare -- Globalisation and the growth of pensions as a force in world financial markets -- Problems with the economic arguments for pension fund capitalism -- Old age and the power of capital -- 5 Consumerism, identity and old age -- Old age and identity -- Diversity in old age -- Identity and life history -- Consumption and identity -- Choice, identity and old age -- 6 Old age, sickness, death and immortality -- Knowledge of ageing and death -- Ageing as the subject of biological science -- The medicalisation of old age -- Avoiding old age -- Individualism and sociology of body.
Old age and death -- Conclusion: old age and ageism -- Liberation of old age -- Notes -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910172227403321 |
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Vincent John A. <1947->
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| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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