Critical perspectives on ageing societies. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Miriam Bernard and Thomas Scharf.
• Other Names: Bernard, Miriam; Scharf, Thomas
• Contents: Critical perspectives on ageing societies / Miriam Bernard, Thomas Scharf -- Critical gerontology : reflections for the 21st century / Martha B. Holstein, Meredith Minkler -- Using human rights to defeat ageism : dealing with policy-induced 'structured dependency' / Peter Townsend -- The re-medicalisation of later life / Robin Means -- Narratives as agents of social change : a new direction for narrative gerontologists / Ruth E. Ray -- Redressing the balance? The participation of older people in research / Mo Ray -- Revisiting The Last Refuge : present-day methodological challenges / Julia Johnson, Sheena Rolph, Randall Smith -- The road to an age-inclusive society / Bill Bytheway [and others] -- Justice between generations : the recent history of an idea / Harry R. Moody -- Progress in gerontology : where are we going now? / Tony Warnes, Judith Phillips.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, UK : Policy
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 185 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 305.26; Older people -- Social conditions; Gerontology; Older people; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging; Gerontology; Older people -- Social conditions; Alterssoziologie; Alter; Lebenssituation; Intergeneratives Verhältnis; Überalterung; Überalterung; Gesellschaft; Gerontologie; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847422392
• Related ISBNs: 184742239X; 1861348916; 9781861348913; 1861348908; 9781861348906
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-176) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.