Beyond successful and active ageing : a theory of model ageing / Virpi Timonen.
Argues that concepts such as 'successful' and 'active' aging are potentially dangerous paradigms that reflect and exacerbate inequalities in older populations. Timonen presents a new theory to make sense of the popularity of these 'successful' and 'active' agi...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Policy Press shorts. Research.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | Argues that concepts such as 'successful' and 'active' aging are potentially dangerous paradigms that reflect and exacerbate inequalities in older populations. Timonen presents a new theory to make sense of the popularity of these 'successful' and 'active' aging concepts. He invites readers to view them through the prism of model aging--a theory that throws light on the causes and consequences of attempts to model aging as a phenomenon and stage of life that is in need of direction, reshaping and control. --From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 119 pages : illustrations) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-114) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1447330188 9781447330189 |