Jason L Powell, John Martyn Chamberlain

Social Welfare, Aging, and Social Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores biomedical and sociological theories of aging and their inter-relationship to historical, contemporary and future issues affecting social welfare and older people.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• 2nd Edition
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780739147771
• ISBN-10: 0739147773
• Artikelnr.: 34011809

Autorenporträt

Jason L. Powell is divisional head of social sciences at University of Central Lancashire. John Martyn Chamberlain is a lecturer in criminology and social policy at Loughborough University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Relationship of Social Theory and Aging: A Critical Exegesis
Part I. Modern Constructions of Aging Chapter 2: From Galen to the Clinic:
the Birth of Biomedicine Chapter 3: Occidental Modernity, the Biomedical
Gaze, and Aging Chapter 4: Theorizing Aging: Critical Explorations of
Modernist Sociological Approaches Part II. Postmodern Deconstructions of
Aging Chapter 5: Postmodernism, Culture, and the Aging Body Chapter 6: The
"Foucault Effect" and Aging: Relations of Power, Surveillance and
Governmentality Chapter 7: Aging in the "Risk Society" Chapter 8: Narrative
and Aging Chapter 9: Reconstructions of Aging: The Case of Global Aging
Chapter 10: Conclusion: Reconstructions of Aging