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  • Ageing and the Media

    International Perspectives

    de Nicole Dalmer, Lucia Cedeira Serantes, Eugène Loos, Loredana Ivan, Maria Sourbati, Wenqian Xu, Christa Lykke Christensen, Karin Lövgren, Linn J Sandberg, Jeff Hearn, Dana Sawchuk, Monika Wilinska, Doris Akyere Boateng, Chin-Hui Chen, Yan-Hua Huang, Gisela Grangeiro da Silva Castro, Paul Higgs, Chris Gilleard, Laura Hurd, Raveena Mahal, Barbara Ratzenböck ...
    Series series Ageing in a Global Context
    Media representations of ageing play a role in stereotype formation and even reinforce them. Encountering these stereotypes can negatively impact the self-esteem, health status, physical wellbeing and cognitive performance of older people.This international collection examines different dimensions of ageing and ageism in a range of media. Chapters include explorations of the UK media during the ... Leer más

    $41.39 USD

  • Old Age in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

    Ageing under the Union

    de Chris Gilleard ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Using a combination of statistical analysis of census material and social history, this book describes the ageing of Ireland’s population from the start of the Union up to the introduction of the old age pension in 1908. It examines the changing demography of the country following the Famine and the impact this had on household and family structure. It explores the growing problem of late life ... Leer más

    $53.99 USD

  • Social Divisions and Later Life

    Difference, Diversity and Inequality

    de Chris Gilleard, Paul Higgs ...
    As the population ages, this book reveals how divides that are apparent through childhood and working life change and are added to in later life.Two internationally renowned experts in ageing look beyond longstanding factors like class, gender and ethnicity to explore new social divisions, including contrasting states of physical fitness and mental health. They show how differences in health and ... Leer más

    $41.99 USD

  • Digital Technologies and Generational Identity

    ICT Usage Across the Life Course

    Edición de Sakari Taipale, Terhi-Anna Wilska, Chris Gilleard ...
    Series series Routledge Key Themes in Health and Society
    The short lifetime of digital technologies means that generational identities are difficult to establish around any particular technologies let alone around more far-reaching socio-technological ‘revolutions’. Examining the consumption and use of digital technologies throughout the stages of human development, this book provides a valuable overview of ICT usage and generational differences. It ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age

    de Paul Higgs, Chris Gilleard ...
    How do we sustain agency and identity amidst the frailty of advanced old age? What role does care play in this process?Pushing forward new sociological theory, this book explores the theoretical and practical issues raised by age and infirmity. It begins with a theoretical examination of the fourth age, interrogating notions of agency, identity and personhood, as well as the impact of frailty, ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Cultures of Ageing

    Self, Citizen and the Body

    de Chris Gilleard, Paul Higgs ...
    For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood. This book focuses on the dramatic changes to the nature of post-retirement life experienced by people at the end of the twentieth century. It examines age and ageing in terms of the key preoccupations of contemporary sociology - citizenship, the body and the self. The book provides a platform for a new social ... Leer más

    $91.99 USD

  • Ageing, Dementia and the Social Mind

    Edición de Paul Higgs, Chris Gilleard ...
    Series series Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
    A groundbreaking exploration of the sociology of dementia — with contributions from distinguished international scholars and practitioners.Organised around the four themes of personhood, care, social representations and social differentiationProvides a critical look at dementia and demonstrates how sociology and other disciplines can help us understand its social context as well as the challenges ... Leer más

    $29.00 USD

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  • Core Social Work

    International Theory, Values and Practice

    de Willem Blok ...
    It is important for practising and trainee social workers to have a full understanding of the work they do and its role in society.This book provides an introduction to 'the essentials' of social work. Written from an international perspective, the author details the core theory, values and practice which unite social workers around the world. He covers professional standards, social work ... Leer más

    $27.09 USD

  • Participatory Pedagogic Impact Research

    Co-production with Community Partners in Action

    de Mike Seal ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Work
    Involvement of community partners in the structure and design of services is largely accepted in principle, but its practice is heavily contested. This book argues that the co-production of research is one of the best ways to involve community partners. As well as having intrinsic value in and of itself, research embeds a culture of learning, co-production and of valuing research within ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • International Action Research

    Educational Reform

    Edición de Sandra Hollingsworth ...
    How groups of people, from various educational settings worlwide, conduct research together is the subject of this book. Rather than wait for top- down policy changes in education, many practitioners are conducting research in order to implement reform from the bottom-up, the aim of this research being to progress action necessary for educational reform. The authors look at different aspects and ... Leer más

    $72.99 USD

  • Responsibilisation at the Margins of Welfare Services

    Edición de Kirsi Juhila, Suvi Raitakari, Christopher Hall ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Work
    The impetus for this book is the shift in welfare policy in Western Europe from state responsibilities to individual and community responsibilities. The book examines the ways in which policies associated with advanced liberalism and New Public Management can be identified as influencing professional practices to promote personalisation, participation, empowerment, recovery and resilience. In ... Leer más

    $66.99 USD

  • Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe

    Comparative Case Studies

    Edición de Sebastiano Benasso, Dejana Bouillet, Tiago Neves, Marcelo Parreira do Amaral ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access book explores different landscapes of Lifelong Learning policies (LLP), producing case-based examinations of their institutional, discursive, and relational dimensions. Across Europe, young people develop their life courses amidst diverse living conditions and are confronted with a variety of institutional and structural arrangements that impact on their opportunities in education ... Leer más

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