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  • Is Ageism Universal?

    by Liat Ayalon, Clemens Tesch-Römer ...
    Series series Elements in Applied Social Psychology
    Ageism, defined as stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination based on age, is a pervasive phenomenon across individuals, settings, historical periods, and cultures. To address the universality of ageism, we explore three main questions: (a) Does ageism happen throughout the course of a person's life? (b) Does ageism permeate all spheres of life? (c) Does ageism exist all around the world? We ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

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  • Resexualising Later Life

    Performances of Older Sexual Citizenship

    by Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto, Feliciano Posada Villar, Ricardo Iacub, Eir-Anne Edgar, Megan Todd, Chris Wells, Barbara L. Marshall, Liat Ayalon, Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, Chris Beasley, Mary Holmes, Nathalie Huitema, Tineke Roelofs, Susan Gillen ...
    Series series Sex and Intimacy in Later Life
    Building on the work of the previous volumes in the Sex and Intimacy in Later Life series, this book explores how resexualisation may take place in later life.Drawing on transdisciplinary and international content, it provides a theoretically and experientially informed overview and discussion of resexualisation, highlighting important areas of research in a nascent area of study.This volume ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Successful Ageing

    Ambition and Ambivalence

    by Clemens Tesch-Romer, Hans-Werner Wahl, Suresh Rattan, Liat Ayalon ...
    The ambition of ageing science to discover the golden fleece of longevity and health is closely connected to the concept of 'successful ageing'. Still, for a large portion of the population, frailty and cognitive impairment is the reality of ageing, and it is by no means certain if health promotion, prevention and other interventions will reduce the probability of its occurrence. This book argues ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism

    Edited by Liat Ayalon, Clemens Tesch-Römer ...
    Series Book 19 - International Perspectives on Aging
    This open access book provides a comprehensive perspective on the concept of ageism, its origins, the manifestation and consequences of ageism, as well as ways to respond to and research ageism. The book represents a collaborative effort of researchers from over 20 countries and a variety of disciplines, including, psychology, sociology, gerontology, geriatrics, pharmacology, law, geography, ... Read more

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  • Researching Resilience

    Edited by Linda Liebenberg, Michael Ungar ...
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  • A Sociology Of Mental Health And Illness

    by Anne Rogers, David Pilgrim ...
    This book provides a sociological analysis of major areas of mental health and illness. ... Read more

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    Women and Desire in the Age of Consent

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  • A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health

    Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

    Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Tony N. Brown ...
    The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition ... Read more

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  • Trouble With Gender

    Sex Facts, Gender Fictions

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  • Undoing Monogamy

    The Politics of Science and the Possibilities of Biology

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  • Social Perspectives in Mental Health

    Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress

    by Sarah Carr, Peter Beresford, Martin Webber ...
    Social Perspectives in Mental Health offers new practice frameworks that help to make sense of people's mental distress and recovery in relation to their social experience. This interdisciplinary volume promotes a holistic approach to mental health practice, with an emphasis on recovery and empowerment, and on building on the experiences of service users. The contributors explore the impact of ... Read more

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