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Age and the Reach of Sociological Imagination
Power, Ideology and the Life Course
Inbunden, 2021
2592 kr
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The dominant narratives of both science and popular culture typically define aging and human development as self-contained individual matters, failing to recognize the degree to which they are shaped by experiential and contextual contingencies. Our understandings of age are thereby "boxed in" and …
Age and the Reach of Sociological Imagination
Power, Ideology and the Life Course
Häftad, 2021
518 kr
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The dominant narratives of both science and popular culture typically define aging and human development as self-contained individual matters, failing to recognize the degree to which they are shaped by experiential and contextual contingencies. Our understandings of age are thereby "boxed in" and …
When Strangers Become Family
The Role of Civil Society in Addressing the Needs of Aging Populations
Av Ronald Angel, Verónica Montes-de-Oca Zavala
Häftad, 2021
600 kr
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As the 21st Century unfolds, the traditional welfare state that evolved during the 20th Century faces serious threats to the solidarity that social programs were meant to strengthen. The rise of populist and nationalist parties reflects the decline of a sense of belonging and inclusiveness that …
RAGEism
Racism, Ageism and the Quest for Liberation Democracy
Häftad, 2026
437 kr
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When systems fail people from birth to death, democracy itself is at risk.In RAGEism, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings reveals the hidden architecture of systemic injustice that has shaped American policy for generations. Using the term “Rageism” to describe how racism and ageism intersect, she exposes …
When Strangers Become Family
The Role of Civil Society in Addressing the Needs of Aging Populations
Av Ronald Angel, Verónica Montes-de-Oca Zavala
Inbunden, 2021
2454 kr
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As the 21st Century unfolds, the traditional welfare state that evolved during the 20th Century faces serious threats to the solidarity that social programs were meant to strengthen. The rise of populist and nationalist parties reflects the decline of a sense of belonging and inclusiveness that …
Ageing in Place in Urban Environments
Critical Perspectives
Av Tine Buffel, Chris Phillipson
Inbunden, 2023
2525 kr
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Ageing in Place in Urban Environments considers together two major trends influencing economic and social life: population ageing on the one side and urbanisation on the other.Both have been identified as dominant demographic trends of the twenty-first century. Cities are where the majority of …
Ageing in Place in Urban Environments
Critical Perspectives
Av Tine Buffel, Chris Phillipson
Häftad, 2023
651 kr
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Ageing in Place in Urban Environments considers together two major trends influencing economic and social life: population ageing on the one side and urbanisation on the other.Both have been identified as dominant demographic trends of the twenty-first century. Cities are where the majority of …
Care Justice
Reframing Public Policy, Elevating Care Work
Häftad, 2024
637 kr
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This book develops a care justice framework to critique and disrupt current policies and reframe a policy blueprint for elevating a just organization of care for unpaid family caregivers and underpaid home care workers assisting older adults. In doing so, Hooyman invites readers to envision a …
Care Justice
Reframing Public Policy, Elevating Care Work
Inbunden, 2024
2526 kr
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This book develops a care justice framework to critique and disrupt current policies and reframe a policy blueprint for elevating a just organization of care for unpaid family caregivers and underpaid home care workers assisting older adults. In doing so, Hooyman invites readers to envision a …
Safeguarding Social Security for Future Generations
Leaving a Legacy in an Aging Society
Häftad, 2023
578 kr
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This book offers a unique multigenerational approach to saving Social Security. Public programs have adapted to societal aging, but fears overwhelm hopes for Social Security’s future prospects. Conservatives want to privatize operations that liberals seek to expand. Younger workers are happy that …
Safeguarding Social Security for Future Generations
Leaving a Legacy in an Aging Society
Inbunden, 2023
2145 kr
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This book offers a unique multigenerational approach to saving Social Security. Public programs have adapted to societal aging, but fears overwhelm hopes for Social Security’s future prospects. Conservatives want to privatize operations that liberals seek to expand. Younger workers are happy that …
Climate Change in an Aging Society
Häftad, 2024
626 kr
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Climate Change in an Aging Society is the first book fully devoted to the impact of climate change on those who are old today—and those who will be old in decades to come. In doing so, Moody focuses on issues of critical importance: aging in place; health and age in a warming world; responsibility …
Climate Change in an Aging Society
Inbunden, 2024
2601 kr
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Climate Change in an Aging Society is the first book fully devoted to the impact of climate change on those who are old today—and those who will be old in decades to come. In doing so, Moody focuses on issues of critical importance: aging in place; health and age in a warming world; responsibility …
Why Place Matters
Place and Place Attachment for Older Adults
Av Joyce Weil
Häftad, 2023
651 kr
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Why Place Matters reassesses what is known and traditionally understood about the relationship older adults have with place over time and in later life. Building from notions that affirm there is no single "right" place to age or grow older, Joyce Weil fixes her analytical focus on older adults’ …
Why Place Matters
Place and Place Attachment for Older Adults
Av Joyce Weil
Inbunden, 2023
2525 kr
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Why Place Matters reassesses what is known and traditionally understood about the relationship older adults have with place over time and in later life. Building from notions that affirm there is no single "right" place to age or grow older, Joyce Weil fixes her analytical focus on older adults’ …
Long Lives Are for the Rich
Aging, the Life Course, and Social Justice
Av Jan Baars
Häftad, 2023
655 kr
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Long Lives Are for the Rich is the title of a silent ominous program that affects the lives of millions of people. In all developed countries disadvantaged and, especially, poor people die much earlier than the most advantaged. During these shorter lives they suffer ten to twenty years longer from …
Long Lives Are for the Rich
Aging, the Life Course, and Social Justice
Av Jan Baars
Inbunden, 2023
2600 kr
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Long Lives Are for the Rich is the title of a silent ominous program that affects the lives of millions of people. In all developed countries disadvantaged and, especially, poor people die much earlier than the most advantaged. During these shorter lives they suffer ten to twenty years longer from …
Latino Families in Later Life
A New Caregiver Paradigm
Av Jacqueline L. Angel, Sunshine M. Rote
Häftad, 2026
622 kr
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Latino Families in Later Life is a comprehensive look at the issues, dilemmas, and conditions faced by older Latinos and their caregivers, with salient consideration given to key changes shaping the need for assistance and the availability of support.Jacqueline L. Angel and Sunshine Rote address a …
Latino Families in Later Life
A New Caregiver Paradigm
Av Jacqueline L. Angel, Sunshine M. Rote
Inbunden, 2026
2525 kr
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Latino Families in Later Life is a comprehensive look at the issues, dilemmas, and conditions faced by older Latinos and their caregivers, with salient consideration given to key changes shaping the need for assistance and the availability of support.Jacqueline L. Angel and Sunshine M. Rote address …
RAGEism
Racism, Ageism and the Quest for Liberation Democracy
Inbunden, 2026
2525 kr
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When systems fail people from birth to death, democracy itself is at risk.In RAGEism, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings reveals the hidden architecture of systemic injustice that has shaped American policy for generations. Using the term “Rageism” to describe how racism and ageism intersect, she exposes …
Road to Medicare for All
A Call to Action
Häftad, 2026
399 kr
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The United States spends substantially more on health care than other wealthy nations, yet it has poorer health outcomes. The Road to Medicare for All: A Call to Action analyzes the dysfunction of the current system and sets forth the solution.With the question of health care at a pivotal juncture, …
Road to Medicare for All
A Call to Action
Inbunden, 2026
2600 kr
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The United States spends substantially more on health care than other wealthy nations, yet it has poorer health outcomes. The Road to Medicare for All: A Call to Action analyzes the dysfunction of the current system and sets forth the solution.With the question of health care at a pivotal juncture, …
Privatization of Care
The Case of Nursing Homes
Av Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong
Inbunden, 2019
2600 kr
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Nursing homes are where some of the most vulnerable live and work. In too many homes, the conditions of work make it difficult to make care as good as it can be. For the last eight years an international team from Germany, Sweden, Norway, the UK, the US and Canada have been searching for promising …
Privatization of Care
The Case of Nursing Homes
Av Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong
Häftad, 2019
655 kr
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Nursing homes are where some of the most vulnerable live and work. In too many homes, the conditions of work make it difficult to make care as good as it can be. For the last eight years an international team from Germany, Sweden, Norway, the UK, the US and Canada have been searching for promising …
Aging A-Z
Concepts Toward Emancipatory Gerontology
Av Carroll L. Estes, with Nicholas B. DiCarlo
Inbunden, 2019
3173 kr
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This provocative, intellectually charged treatise serves as a concise introduction to emancipatory gerontology, examining multiple dimensions of persistent and hotly debated topics around aging, the life course, the roles of power, politics and partisanship, culture, economics, and communications. …
Aging A-Z
Concepts Toward Emancipatory Gerontology
Av Carroll L. Estes, with Nicholas B. DiCarlo
Häftad, 2019
640 kr
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This provocative, intellectually charged treatise serves as a concise introduction to emancipatory gerontology, examining multiple dimensions of persistent and hotly debated topics around aging, the life course, the roles of power, politics and partisanship, culture, economics, and communications. …
