Beyond Successful and Active Ageing

A Theory of Model Ageing

Virpi Timonen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

132 Seiten

2016
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-3017-2 (ISBN)

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This controversial book argues that concepts such as `successful’ and `active’ ageing are potentially dangerous paradigms that reflect and exacerbate inequalities in older populations. Essential reading for anyone seeking to make sense of social constructions of ageing in contemporary societies.

This controversial book argues that concepts such as `successful’ and `active’ ageing are potentially dangerous paradigms that reflect and exacerbate inequalities in older populations. The author presents a new theory to make sense of the popularity of these concepts, providing essential reading for anyone seeking to make sense of social constructions of ageing in contemporary societies.

Virpi Timonen is Professor in Social Policy and Ageing at the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Her research focuses on intergenerational relationships and policy pertaining to older adults. In 2014-2018, she serves as the President of the Research Committee on the Sociology of Ageing (RC11) of the International Sociological Association.

Paradoxes and puzzles in ageing societies
Critique of successful ageing models
Critique of active ageing models
The problem with modelling ageing
Towards a theory of model ageing

Erscheinungsdatum	14.04.2016
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bristol
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Altenpflege
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-4473-3017-X / 144733017X
ISBN-13	978-1-4473-3017-2 / 9781447330172
Zustand	Neuware