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Economics of an Aging Society
ISBN: 9780631226161 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by leading thinkers in the field, this text provides an in-depth analysis of the economic and policy issues associated with individual and population aging. The text has a strong policy focus based on demographic and economic analysis, making this book both accessible and challenging to readers with limited mathematical background.
Written by leading thinkers in the field, this text provides an in-depth analysis of the economic and policy issues associated with individual and pop...
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Ways Aging
ISBN: 9780631230588 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday experiences, these essays draw from original case studies to look at the diverse ways of growing and being older.
Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday experiences, these essays draw from original case studies to look at the diverse...
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Ways of Aging
ISBN: 9780631230595 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday experiences, these essays draw from original case studies to look at the diverse ways of growing and being older.
Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday experiences, these essays draw from original case studies to look at the diverse...
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How Policies Make Citizens: Senior Political Activism and the American Welfare State
ISBN: 9780691122502 / Angielski / Miękka / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some groups participate in politics more than others. Why? And does it matter for policy outcomes? In this richly detailed and fluidly written book, Andrea Campbell argues that democratic participation and public policy powerfully reinforce each other. Through a case study of senior citizens in the United States and their political activity around Social Security, she shows how highly participatory groups get their policy preferences fulfilled, and how public policy itself helps create political inequality. Using a wealth of unique survey and historical data, Campbell shows how... Some groups participate in politics more than others. Why? And does it matter for policy outcomes? In this richly detailed and fluidly written book... |
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Age through Ethnic Lenses: Caring for the Elderly in a Multicultural Society
ISBN: 9780742501133 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. America is getting older, but her policies are not growing with the ethnic and ageing societies needs. This text explores the distinct characteristics and unique political, economic and cultural situations of the aged, while highlighting the common needs and objectives among all ageing Americans.
America is getting older, but her policies are not growing with the ethnic and ageing societies needs. This text explores the distinct characteristics...
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Age Through Ethnic Lenses: Caring for the Elderly in a Multicultural Society
ISBN: 9780742501140 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An ever-more diverse America is getting older, but American policies are not growing with the needs of the ethnic and ageing society. This text explores the distinct characteristics and unique social, political, economic and cultural situations of America's aged, while highlighting the common needs and objectives among all ageing Americans. origins, Native Americans, socio-relgious groups, women, gay men and women and the rural aged this study broadens our perspective on the issues of long-term care, and provides a valuable guide for future public policy as we enter the 21st century.
An ever-more diverse America is getting older, but American policies are not growing with the needs of the ethnic and ageing society. This text explor...
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Social Theory and Aging
ISBN: 9780742519541 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores both conceptual and theoretical issues that impinge on understanding aging in (post) modern society. It analyses how knowledge formation of aging, with particular reference to 'old age' in contemporary western society, is socially constituted and positioned by powerful 'taken for granted assumptions'. These assumptions have provided a power/knowledge base for bio-medical disciplines, legitimacy of political-economic discourses and practices of professional experts. The book is in two parts: the first part introduces 'modernist' scientific models and theories of gerontology...
This book explores both conceptual and theoretical issues that impinge on understanding aging in (post) modern society. It analyses how knowledge form...
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Sociology of Aging
ISBN: 9780742545588 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text provides a comprehensive overview of the sociology of aging, and remains the only book of its kind to approach aging from a purely sociological perspective. This new edition is completely updated throughout, with new chapters that discuss the now immanent retirement of the first of the baby boomers, the new form housing arrangements known as semi-independent or assisted living, elder abuse in nursing homes (and quality issues in nursing homes generally), and the long-term problems facing Medicare and Social Security.
This text provides a comprehensive overview of the sociology of aging, and remains the only book of its kind to approach aging from a purely sociologi...
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A World Growing Old
ISBN: 9780745318394 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here, Jeremy Seabrook examines the real implications of the ageing phenomenon and challenges our preconceptions about how it should be tackled. Arguing that the accumulated skills and experience ofthe elderly should be employed to enrich society, rather than being perceived as a "burden," he makes a case for a radical re-thinking of our attitude to population issues, migration, social structures and employment policy. Here, Jeremy Seabrook examines the real implications of the ageing phenomenon and challenges our preconceptions about how it should be tackled. Arg... |
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Gender, Social Inequalities, and Aging
ISBN: 9780759101869 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The experience of men and women in later life varies enormously, not only along lines of gender but also due to ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and race. In this text on gender issues among the aging, Calasanti and Slevin explore these differences, their genesis, their meaning to men and women, and their treatment in the policy arena. The authors also take to task traditional research on aging and how it ignores these issues. The authors cover topics of work and retirement, body image, sexuality, health, family relationships, and informal care, among many others. The current research...
The experience of men and women in later life varies enormously, not only along lines of gender but also due to ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, ...
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Community and Caring: Older Persons, Intergenerational Relations, and Change in an Urban Community
ISBN: 9780761817727 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Community and Caring presents a vivid picture of the changing patterns of help-giving and help-receiving in an urban neighborhood, as seen through the eyes of older, lifelong, residents. Born and raised in closely defined ethnic neighborhoods, these residents are experiencing change both on the widest social and economic scale and seeing new, fundamental change in ethnic and social diversity in their own neighborhood. Schreck, in this valuable study, raises crucial issues concerning urban life, ethnic interaction, and aging in American cities today.
Community and Caring presents a vivid picture of the changing patterns of help-giving and help-receiving in an urban neighborhood, as seen through the...
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The Politics of Healthcare in Britain
ISBN: 9780761941590 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by leading academics in their field this book provides a clear and considered overview of the politics of health care in Britain. Bringing together a wide range of material on both past events and recent developments, the chapters cover issues such as the politics of health professionalism, clinical knowledge, and organization and management.
Written by leading academics in their field this book provides a clear and considered overview of the politics of health care in Britain. Bringing tog...
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Understanding Old Age: Critical and Global Perspectives
ISBN: 9780761960119 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing a comprehensive overview of themes of ageing from a global perspective, this ambitious text introduces the reader to a wide range of issues and policies on ageing. Topics examined include: theoretical perspectives on ageing in society; demographic trends; roles played by older people as political actors; migration; health; pensions; family and institutional care; and elder abuse.
This will be essential reading for students of social gerontology, as well as an invaluable resource for students of nursing, social work, social policy and development studies.
Providing a comprehensive overview of themes of ageing from a global perspective, this ambitious text introduces the reader to a wide range of issues ...
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Understanding Old Age: Critical and Global Perspectives
ISBN: 9780761960126 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Takes a global perspective on the issues and policies of ageing.
Takes a global perspective on the issues and policies of ageing.
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Worlds of Difference: Inequality in the Aging Experience
ISBN: 9780761986645 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering topics such as: life course; social and psychological contexts of ageing, this collection of readings presents a variety of perspectives on ageing from different communities across the United States: Native American, Puerto Rican, African American, the elderly homeless, white working class, gay and Mexican amongst many others.
Covering topics such as: life course; social and psychological contexts of ageing, this collection of readings presents a variety of perspectives on a...
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Aging: The Social Context
ISBN: 9780761987314 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NEW edition! More than any other social gerontology texts available, addresses issues of diversity in aging by race, ethnicity, social class, and gender throughout.
NEW edition! More than any other social gerontology texts available, addresses issues of diversity in aging by race, ethnicity, social class, and gend...
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Pensions, Politics and the Elderly: Historic Social Movements and Their Lessons for Our Aging Society
ISBN: 9780765605191 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an historical exploration of the US pensioner movements of the late 1920s through to the early 1950s, and the insights they offer policy analysts and researchers on how the forthcoming retirement of the Baby-Boom generation could proceed.
This is an historical exploration of the US pensioner movements of the late 1920s through to the early 1950s, and the insights they offer policy analy...
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Into the House of Old: A History of Residential Care in British Columbia: Volume 14
ISBN: 9780773525023 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spanning the period from the 1890s to the 1960s, this publication details the lives and survival strategies of elderly people as they struggle to remain independent. Megan Davies opens the door to the institutional world of the old age home, demonstrating how the legacy of the poor law and the demands of the emerging welfare state worked together to shape residential care facilities for seniors. She looks at the experiences of elderly people on British Columbia's economic and social margins both before and after the advent of old age pensions, analysing the myriad strategies used by the...
Spanning the period from the 1890s to the 1960s, this publication details the lives and survival strategies of elderly people as they struggle to rema...
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How to Get Families More Involved in the Nursing Home: Four Programs That Work and Why
ISBN: 9780789000569 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Health care providers and social workers at nursing homes may feel they have little time to design programs for the family members of their residents, yet you will learn in How to Get Families More Involved in the Nursing Home that the benefits of such programs are immense and the time investment will pay off. You learn of four family programs that can be put into use immediately or can be changed or expanded to fit the needs of an individual setting. In addition, you will witness how educational workshops, support groups, family councils, and holiday socials increase family involvement in...
Health care providers and social workers at nursing homes may feel they have little time to design programs for the family members of their residents,...
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Adventures in Senior Living: Learning How to Make Retirement Meaningful and Enjoyable
ISBN: 9780789002549 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If retirement is approaching or you've recently retired, Adventures in Senior Living can help you prepare for the opportunities, needs, problems, and challenges that retirement often brings. Through 31 lively and interesting interviews, you learn how other people have found positive and rewarding ways to make their retirement years meaningful and enjoyable. Opening windows into their own lives, these inspiring retirees share with you a wide range of retirement ideas that pertain to volunteer work, travel, selecting your living arrangements, and getting involved in your...
If retirement is approaching or you've recently retired, Adventures in Senior Living can help you prepare for the opportunities, needs, problems, and ...
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