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New publication: Ageing, meaning and social structure

A new publication at Policy Press / University of Chicago Press:

 

Ageing, meaning and social structure is a unique book advancing critical discourse in gerontology and makes a major contribution to understanding key social and ethical dilemmas facing ageing societies. It confronts and integrates approaches that have been relatively isolated from each other, and interrelates two major streams of thought within critical gerontology: analyses of structural issues in the context of political economy and humanistic perspectives on issues of existential meaning. The chapters, from a wide range of contributors, focus on major issues in ageing such as autonomy, agency, frailty, lifestyle, social isolation, dementia and professional challenges in social work and participatory research. This volume should be valuable reading for scholars and graduate students in gerontology and humanistic studies, as well as for policy-makers and practitioners working in the field of ageing.


 

Ageing, meaning and social structure

Edited by Jan Baars, Joseph Dohmen, Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson
Policy Press (UK) / University of Chicago Press (USA)

Contents

Introduction ~ Jan Baars and Chris Phillipson
Connecting meaning with social structure: Theoretical foundations ~ Jan Baars and Chris Philipson
My own life. Ethics, ageing and lifestyle ~Joseph Dohmen
Rethinking agency in late life: structural and interpretive approaches ~ Amanda Grenier and Chris Phillipson
Dementia: Beyond structures of medicalization and cultural neglect ~ Margreet Th.Bruens
Self-realization and ageing: a spiritual perspective ~ Hanne Laceulle
Social ability or social frailty? The balance between autonomy and connectedness in the lives of older people ~ Anja Machielse and Roelof Hortulanus
Critical perspectives on social work with older people ~ Mo Ray
Community-based participatory action research: opportunities and challenges for critical gerontology ~ Friederike Ziegler and Thomas Scharf
Commentary: Contingent Ageing, Naturalization and Some Rays of Intellectual Hope ~ Dale Dannefer and Jielu Lin.

 

http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447300908