Ageing / Christopher Phillipson
- Author
- Phillipson, Chris
- Published
- Cambridge : Polity Press, 2013.
- Physical Description
- viii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Understanding Ageing -- 2.Ageing Societies in a Global Perspective -- 3.Social Theories of Ageing -- 4.The Development of Ideas about Age and Ageing -- 5.The Social Construction of Ageing -- 6.Ageing and Pensions: The Social Construction of Inequality -- 7.Families and Generational Change in Ageing Societies -- 8.'Late' Old Age -- 9.Preparing for Ageing Populations: Rebuilding Institutions -- 10.Conclusion: New Pathways for Later Life.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780745630854 (pbk.)
0745630855 (pbk.) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-205) and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the Robert E. and Joyce L. Umbaugh Libraries Endowment for the Penn State DuBois Campus Library; 2012
- Endowment Note
- Capital Blue Cross Health Education Fund
Robert E. and Joyce L. Umbaugh Libraries Endowment for the Penn State DuBois Campus Library
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