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  • Drugs, Ageing and Society

    Social and Pharmacological Perspectives

    by Bruce Burns, Chris Phillipson ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Aging
    During the 1970s and 1980s prescription and over-the-counter drugs had come to play a major role in the health care of older people. Originally published in 1986, this book reviews the historical background to this development and explores its social and pharmacological implications. The main aim of the study was to provide a critical perspective on drug use together with a framework for ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • COVID-19, Inequality and Older People

    Everyday Life during the Pandemic

    by Camilla Lewis, Chris Phillipson, Sophie Yarker, Luciana Lang ...
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This book provides new insights into the challenges facing older people in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.It draws upon novel qualitative longitudinal research which recorded the experiences of a diverse group of people aged 50+ in Greater Manchester over a 12-month period during the pandemic. The book analyses their lived ... Read more

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  • Family and Community Life of Older People

    Social Networks and Social Support in Three Urban Areas

    by Miriam Bernard, Jim Ogg, Judith and Phillips, Chris Phillipson ...
    Family life has changed rapidly over te past fifty years and the number of people living longer increases year on year Family and Community Life of Older People revisits three areas (Bethnal Green in London, Wolverhampton in the Midlands and Woodford in Essex) which were the subject of classic studies in the late 1940s and 1950s and explores changes to the family and community lives of older ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Precarity and Ageing

    Understanding Insecurity and Risk in Later Life

    by Baozhen Luo, Larry Polivka, Michael D Fine, Elena Portacolone, Mushira Mohsin Khan, Karen Kobayashi, Sarah Vickerstaff, Wendy Loretto, Laura Airey, David Lain, Amanda Grenier0, Stephen Katz2 ...
    Series series Ageing in a Global Context
    What risks and insecurities do older people face in a time of both increased longevity and widening inequality?This edited collection develops an exciting new approach to understanding the changing cultural, economic and social circumstances facing different groups of older people. Exploring a range of topics, the chapters provide a critical review of the concept of precarity, highlighting the ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Ageing in Place in Urban Environments

    Critical Perspectives

    by Tine Buffel, Chris Phillipson ...
    Series series
    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 people of all ages now live and where they will spend their old age. Nevertheless, cities are typically ... Read more

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  • Ageing, Meaning and Social Structure

    Connecting Critical and Humanistic Gerontology

    Edited by Jan Baars, Joseph Dohmen, Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson ...
    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 ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • The Futures of Old Age

    Edited by Chris Phillipson, Murna Downs, John A Vincent ...
    What is the future of old age? How will families, services, and economies adapt to an older population? Such questions often provoke extreme and opposing answers: some see ageing populations as having the potential to undermine economic growth and prosperity; others see new and exciting ways of living in old age. The Futures of Old Age places these questions in the context of social and political ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Dependency and Interdependency in Old Age

    Theoretical Perspectives and Policy Alternatives

    Edited by Chris Phillipson, Miriam Bernard, Patricia Strang ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Aging
    Originally published in 1986, Dependency and Interdependency in Old Age presents papers from the British Society of Gerontology annual conference in 1985. The areas covered include: the sociology of ageing, methodological issues, evaluations of service provision, ethnographies of growing old, historical studies and political perspectives on ageing. A creative dialogue between the proponents of ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Social Networks and Social Exclusion

    Sociological and Policy Perspectives

    by Graham Allan ...
    How important are social networks to daily life? There is now substantial evidence that attachment to a network may be vital in securing employment, in promoting good health, in maintaining positive relationships, and in supporting people in transitions through the life course. Equally, lack of access to networks may lead to problems of various kinds, such as poverty, lack of support in old age, ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Aging, Globalization and Inequality

    The New Critical Gerontology

    Edited by Jan Baars, Dale Dannefer, Chris Phillipson, Alan Walker ...
    Series series Society and Aging Series
    This book is a major reassessment of work in the field of critical gerontology, providing a comprehensive survey of issues by a team of contributors drawn from Europe and North America. The book focuses on the variety of ways in which age and ageing are socially constructed, and the extent to which growing old is being transformed through processes associated with globalisation. The collection ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Ageing and Migration in a Global Context

    Challenges for Welfare States

    Edited by Marion Repetti, Toni Calasanti, Chris Phillipson ...
    Series Book 13 - Life Course Research and Social Policies
    This book brings together two major trends influencing economic and social life: population ageing on the one side, and migration on the other. Both have assumed increasing importance over the course of the 20th and into the 21st century. The book offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on the challenges posed by the globalisation of the life course to welfare states’ old age and family ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Age-Friendly Cities and Communities

    A Global Perspective

    by Olivia Vanmechelen, Pui Hing Chau, Rebecca L. Jones, Caroline Holland, Jeanne Katz, Sheila Peace, Paul McGarry, Mark Hammond, Stefan White, Lisa Cannon, Cathy Gong, Hal Kendig, Kieran Walsh, Thomas Scharf, Bernard McDonald, Moses Wong, Francis Cheung, Jean Woo, David Phillips, Dominique Verte, Nico De Witte, Daan Duppen, Liesbeth De Donder, An-Sofie Smetcoren, Birgit Wolter, Josefine Heusinger, Meredith Dale, Luma Al Masarweh, Dale Dannefer, Jessica Kelley-Moore, Fleur Thomese, Samuèle Remillard-Boilard ...
    Series series Ageing in a Global Context
    As the drive towards creating age-friendly cities grows, this important book provides a comprehensive survey of theories and policies aimed at improving the quality of life of older people living in urban areas.In this book, part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, leading international researchers critically assess the problems and the potential of designing age-friendly environments. The ... Read more

    $47.69 USD