| The Futures of Old Age Contributor(s): Vincent, John A. (Editor), Phillipson, Chris (Editor), Downs, Murna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1412901073 ISBN-13: 9781412901079 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $190.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: ""The greatest strengths of this book are its breadth of aging-related topics and its ability to provoke thought in the reader. The presentation of both British and American perspectives on elder issues will aid researchers in developing broader perspectives for their work and more sophisticated research questions"??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????"???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY What is the future of old age? How will families, services, and economies adapt to an older population? Such questions often provoke extreme and opposing answers: some see aging populations as having the potential to undermine economic growth and prosperity; others see new and exciting ways of living in old age. The Futures of Old Age places these questions in the context of social and political change, and assesses what the various futures of old age might be. Prepared by the British Society of Gerontology, The Futures of Old Age brings together twenty-one leading UK and US gerontologists, drawing on their expertise and research. The book??'s seven sections deal with key contemporary themes, including population aging, households and families, health, wealth, pensions, migration, inequalities, gender, and self and identity in later life. The Futures of Old Age" "is thought-provoking reading for anyone studying aging, especially for those attending courses in gerontology and related areas, as well as for those concerned with the development of social and economic policy.is thought-provoking reading for anyonestudying aging, especially for those attending courses in gerontology and related areas, as well as for those concerned with the development of social and economic policy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gerontology - Social Science | Future Studies |
| Dewey: 305.26 |
| LCCN: 2005934447 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.56" W x 9.05" (1.21 lbs) 272 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Prepared by the British Society of Gerontology, The Futures of Old Age brings together twenty-one leading UK and US gerontologists, drawing on their expertise and research. The book′s seven sections deal with key contemporary themes, including population aging, households and families, health, wealth, pensions, migration, inequalities, gender, and self and identity in later life. The Futures of Old Age is thought-provoking reading for anyone studying aging, especially for those attending courses in gerontology and related areas, as well as for those concerned with the development of social and economic policy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vincent, John A.: - am currently working on 'anti-ageing medicine', death and immortality and the insights they provide for the cultural construction of old age . These studies identify a crisis in understanding 'old age' which stems from significant advances in the control and manipulation of biological ageing. Claims to the technical ability to control the human ageing process are far from new but challenging issues about the meaning of old age arise with the prospect of significantly enhanced longevity claimed by contemporary bio-gerontology. I have written journal articles, chapters and given seminars on the significance of the biologisation of old age many of which can be accessed from this page.Phillipson, Chris: - Chris Phillipson is Professor of Applied Social Studies and Social Gerontology at Keele University. |