{"product_id":"ageing-meaning-and-social-structure-9781447300908","title":"Ageing Meaning and Social Structure","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wide range of contributors focus on major issues in ageing such as autonomy, agency, frailty, lifestyle, social isolation, dementia and professional challenges in social work and participatory research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A much-needed integration of two relatively new but flourishing areas of ageing studies, which have developed separately up to now. I gained fresh insights from each and every chapter.\" Peter G. Coleman, Professor of Psychogerontology, University of Southampton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction ~ Jan Baars and Chris Phillipson;  Connecting meaning with social structure: Theoretical foundations ~ Jan Baars and Chris Philipson;  My own life. Ethics, ageing and lifestyle ~Joseph Dohmen; Rethinking agency in late life: structural and interpretive approaches ~ Amanda Grenier and Chris Phillipson; Dementia: Beyond structures of medicalization and cultural neglect ~ Margreet Th.Bruens; Self-realization and ageing: a spiritual perspective ~ Hanne Laceulle; Social ability or social frailty? The balance between autonomy and connectedness in the lives of older people ~ Anja Machielse and Roelof Hortulanus; Critical perspectives on social work with older people ~ Mo Ray; Community-based participatory action research: opportunities and challenges for critical gerontology ~ Friederike Ziegler and Thomas Scharf; Commentary: Contingent Ageing, Naturalization and Some Rays of Intellectual Hope ~ Dale Dannefer and Jielu Lin.","brand":"Policy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408483164503,"sku":"9781447300908","price":77.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447300908.jpg?v=1730503066","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ageing-meaning-and-social-structure-9781447300908","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}