Critical Perspectives on Ageing Societies

This important book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective to review and update our understanding of how the field has developed over and provide a challenging assessment of the comp

About the author

Miriam Bernard is Professor of Social Gerontology and Director of the Research Institute for Life Course Studies at Keele University.
Thomas Scharf is Professor of Social Gerontology and Director of the Centre for Social Gerontology at Keele University.

Summary

This important book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective to review and update our understanding of how the field has developed over and provide a challenging assessment of the complex practical and ethical issues facing older people, and those who conduct research on ageing.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Scharf
• Assisted by: Miriam Bernard (Editor), Miriam (Keele University) Bernard (Editor), Thomas Scharf (Editor), Thomas (Newcastle University) Scharf (Editor)
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2007
• EAN: 9781861348906
• ISBN: 978-1-86134-890-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 355 g
• Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series; Ageing and the Lifecourse; Ageing and the Lifecourse Series; Ageing and the Lifecourse
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories