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39 produkter
Modernity, Medicine and Health
Av Paul Higgs, Graham Scambler
Inbunden, 1998
2749 kr
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This book establishes the voice of medical sociology in key debates in the social sciences. Concerning modernity, postmodernity, structuralism and poststructuralism issues covered include:* disease and medicine in postmodern times* gender, health and the feminist debate on the postmodern* ageing, …
Modernity, Medicine and Health
Av Paul Higgs, Graham Scambler
Häftad, 1998
809 kr
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This book establishes the voice of medical sociology in key debates in the social sciences. Concerning modernity, postmodernity, structuralism and poststructuralism issues covered include:* disease and medicine in postmodern times* gender, health and the feminist debate on the postmodern* ageing, …
Medical Sociology and Old Age
Towards a sociology of health in later life
Inbunden, 2008
2590 kr
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The nature of health in later life has conventionally been studied from two perspectives. Medical sociologists have focused on the failing body, chronic illness, infirmity and mortality, while social gerontologists on the other hand have focused on the epidemiology of old age and health and social …
Medical Sociology and Old Age
Towards a sociology of health in later life
Häftad, 2008
713 kr
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The nature of health in later life has conventionally been studied from two perspectives. Medical sociologists have focused on the failing body, chronic illness, infirmity and mortality, while social gerontologists on the other hand have focused on the epidemiology of old age and health and social …
Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life
Av Ralph Pudritz, Paul Higgs m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
2149 kr
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Several major breakthroughs have helped contribute to the emerging field of astrobiology. Focusing on these developments, this fascinating book explores some of the most important problems in this field. It examines how planetary systems formed, and how water and the biomolecules necessary for life …
Cultures of Ageing
Self, Citizen and the Body
Häftad, 2000
1013 kr
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For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood. This book focuses on the dramatic changes to the nature of post-retirement life experienced by people at the end of the twentieth century. It examines age and ageing in terms of the key preoccupations of …
Contexts of Ageing
Class, Cohort and Community
Inbunden, 2005
993 kr
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We live in ageing societies. Age preoccupies governments as much as individuals. A new affluence has spread across society and across the lifecourse. For many people looking forward to retirement, later life has changed for the better. But with this positive outcome for older people have come …
Contexts of Ageing
Class, Cohort and Community
Häftad, 2005
308 kr
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We live in ageing societies. Age preoccupies governments as much as individuals. A new affluence has spread across society and across the lifecourse. For many people looking forward to retirement, later life has changed for the better. But with this positive outcome for older people have come …
Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment
Inbunden, 2013
1099 kr
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‘Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment’ outlines and develops an argument about the emergence of a ‘new ageing’ during the second half of the twentieth century and its realisation through the processes of ‘embodiment’. The authors argue that ageing as a unitary social process and agedness as a …
Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life
Av Ralph Pudritz, Paul Higgs m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
878 kr
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Several major breakthroughs have helped contribute to the emerging field of astrobiology. Focusing on these developments, this fascinating book explores some of the most important problems in this field. It examines how planetary systems formed, and how water and the biomolecules necessary for life …
Ageing, Dementia and the Social Mind
Häftad, 2017
307 kr
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A groundbreaking exploration of the sociology of dementia — with contributions from distinguished international scholars and practitioners. Organised around the four themes of personhood, care, social representations and social differentiationProvides a critical look at dementia and demonstrates …
Ageing, Dementia and the Social Mind
E-bok, 2017
349 kr
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A groundbreaking exploration of the sociology of dementia — with contributions from distinguished international scholars and practitioners. Organised around the four themes of personhood, care, social representations and social differentiation Provides a critical look at dementia and demonstrates …
Ageing, Dementia and the Social Mind
E-bok, 2017
336 kr
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A groundbreaking exploration of the sociology of dementia — with contributions from distinguished international scholars and practitioners. Organised around the four themes of personhood, care, social representations and social differentiation Provides a critical look at dementia and demonstrates …
Medical Sociology and Old Age
Towards a sociology of health in later life
E-bok, 2009
838 kr
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The nature of health in later life has conventionally been studied from two perspectives. Medical sociologists have focused on the failing body, chronic illness, infirmity and mortality, while social gerontologists on the other hand have focused on the epidemiology of old age and health and social …
Medical Sociology and Old Age
Towards a sociology of health in later life
E-bok, 2009
838 kr
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The nature of health in later life has conventionally been studied from two perspectives. Medical sociologists have focused on the failing body, chronic illness, infirmity and mortality, while social gerontologists on the other hand have focused on the epidemiology of old age and health and social …
Modernity, Medicine and Health
Av Graham Scambler, Paul Higgs
E-bok, 2005
981 kr
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This book establishes the voice of medical sociology in key debates in the social sciences. Concerning modernity, postmodernity, structuralism and poststructuralism issues covered include:* disease and medicine in postmodern times* gender, health and the feminist debate on the postmodern* ageing, …
Modernity, Medicine and Health
Av Graham Scambler, Paul Higgs
E-bok, 2005
981 kr
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This book establishes the voice of medical sociology in key debates in the social sciences. Concerning modernity, postmodernity, structuralism and poststructuralism issues covered include:* disease and medicine in postmodern times* gender, health and the feminist debate on the postmodern* ageing, …
Rethinking Old Age
Theorising the Fourth Age
Häftad, 2015
601 kr
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With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age as a distinct social position has become problematic. In this radical re-examination of the nature of old age, Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard reveal the emergence of a 'fourth age' that embodies the most …
Rethinking Old Age
Theorising the Fourth Age
Inbunden, 2015
2129 kr
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With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age as a distinct social position has become problematic. In this radical re-examination of the nature of old age, Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard reveal the emergence of a 'fourth age' that embodies the most …
Rethinking Old Age
Theorising the Fourth Age
E-bok, 2017
655 kr
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With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age as a distinct social position has become problematic. In this radical re-examination of the nature of old age, Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard reveal the emergence of a ''fourth age'' that embodies the most …
Cultures of Ageing
Self, Citizen and the Body
Inbunden, 2016
2984 kr
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For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood. This book focuses on the dramatic changes to the nature of post-retirement life experienced by people at the end of the twentieth century. It examines age and ageing in terms of the key preoccupations of …
Cultures of Ageing
Self, Citizen and the Body
E-bok, 2014
1195 kr
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For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood. This book focuses on the dramatic changes to the nature of post-retirement life experienced by people at the end of the twentieth century. It examines age and ageing in terms of the key preoccupations of …
Cultures of Ageing
Self, Citizen and the Body
E-bok, 2014
1195 kr
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For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood. This book focuses on the dramatic changes to the nature of post-retirement life experienced by people at the end of the twentieth century. It examines age and ageing in terms of the key preoccupations of …
Social Class in Later Life
Power, Identity and Lifestyle
Häftad, 2015
361 kr
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Social class in later life: Power, identity and lifestyle provides the most up-to-date collection of new and emerging research relevant to contemporary debates on the relationship between class, culture, and later life.
Social Class in Later Life
Power, Identity and Lifestyle
Inbunden, 2013
1269 kr
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Social class in later life: Power, identity and lifestyle provides the most up-to-date collection of new and emerging research relevant to contemporary debates on the relationship between class, culture, and later life.
Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age
Inbunden, 2016
1268 kr
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How do we sustain agency and identity amidst the frailty of advanced old age? What role does care play in this process?Pushing forward new sociological theory, this book explores the theoretical and practical issues raised by age and infirmity. It begins with a theoretical examination of the fourth …
Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age
Häftad, 2016
441 kr
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How do we sustain agency and identity amidst the frailty of advanced old age? What role does care play in this process?Pushing forward new sociological theory, this book explores the theoretical and practical issues raised by age and infirmity. It begins with a theoretical examination of the fourth …
Ageing and Globalisation
Inbunden, 2016
1269 kr
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Population ageing and globalisation represent two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred. This book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how they interact. Ageing has been conventionally framed within the boundaries of nation states, yet demographic …
Ageing and Globalisation
Häftad, 2017
441 kr
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Population ageing and globalisation represent two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred. This book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how they interact. Ageing has been conventionally framed within the boundaries of nation states, yet demographic …
Social Divisions and Later Life
Difference, Diversity and Inequality
Inbunden, 2020
1269 kr
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As the population ages, this book reveals how divides that are apparent through childhood and working life change and are added to in later life.Two internationally renowned experts in ageing look beyond longstanding factors like class, gender and ethnicity to explore new social divisions, …
