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ISBN: 9781452203096 - Aging Aging
Harry R Moody, Jennifer R Sasser

ISBN10: 1452203091  ISBN13: 9781452203096
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Edition: 7th Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Feb 2012
An engaging and really student oriented exploration of aging and social gerontology. A popular book used on sociology, social policy and health courses across the world. Since its initial publication in 1994, Moody's text has been hailed as a... More

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ISBN: 9781847426918 - Transitions and the Lifecourse Transitions and the Lifecourse
Amanda Grenier

ISBN10: 1847426913  ISBN13: 9781847426918
Publisher: Policy Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 23 Jan 2012
Explores and challenges dominant interpretations of transitions as they relate to ageing and the life course. This book takes a perspective that draws together ideas about late life as expressed in social policy and socio-cultural constructs of... More

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ISBN: 9780739147788 - Social Welfare, Aging, and Social Theory Social Welfare, Aging, and Social Theory
Jason L Powell, John M Chamberlain

ISBN10: 0739147781  ISBN13: 9780739147788
Publisher: Lexington Books
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 Jan 2012
This book explores biomedical and sociological theories of aging and their inter-relationship to historical, contemporary and future issues affecting social welfare and older people. Social Welfare, Aging and Social Theory explores how we can... More

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ISBN: 9780739147771 - Social Welfare, Aging, and Social Theory Social Welfare, Aging, and Social Theory
Jason L Powell, John M Chamberlain

ISBN10: 0739147773  ISBN13: 9780739147771
Publisher: Lexington Books
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 12 Jan 2012
This book explores biomedical and sociological theories of aging and their inter-relationship to historical, contemporary and future issues affecting social welfare and older people. Social Welfare, Aging and Social Theory explores how we can... More

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ISBN: 9781612098388 - Aging & Social Policy Aging & Social Policy
Jason L Powell

ISBN10: 161209838X  ISBN13: 9781612098388
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 11 Jan 2012
Focuses on five themes that link to an argument in the study of ageing and social policy. This book presents a policy context of neo-liberal social policy and implications for older people. It also looks at the idea that social construction of... More

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ISBN: 9780300171013 - Losing it Losing it
William Ian Miller

ISBN10: 0300171013  ISBN13: 9780300171013
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 14 Oct 2011
Presents a portrait of old age that is honest, nuanced, and enriched by an understanding of the human experience of aging since Greek and Roman antiquity. In the opening pages of this irresistible book, William Ian Miller warns, 'the general themes.. More

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ISBN: 9781107003774 - Age Discrimination and Diversity Age Discrimination and Diversity
Malcolm Sargeant

ISBN10: 1107003776  ISBN13: 9781107003774
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Aug 2011
Malcolm Sargeant outlines why discrimination against older people results from a combination of age and other grounds of discrimination. This volume of essays is concerned with the discrimination against older people that results from a failure to... More

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ISBN: 9780812221916 - Gray Panthers Gray Panthers
Roger Sanjek

ISBN10: 0812221915  ISBN13: 9780812221916
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Jul 2011
Prize-winning author Roger Sanjek tells the story of the Gray Panthers, an intergenerational activist group founded in 1970. He depicts struggles against mandatory retirement and Social Security cuts, and for universal health care and peace... More

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ISBN: 9781847424594 - Belief and Ageing Belief and Ageing
Peter G Coleman

ISBN10: 1847424597  ISBN13: 9781847424594
Publisher: Policy Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Jul 2011
Based on 40 years interviewing experience, this book illustrates the variety of religious, spiritual and other beliefs held by older people. It provides models of research procedure, especially in the context of bereavement. Based on 40 years... More

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ISBN: 9781611228007 - Older Americans Older Americans
Emily J Collins

ISBN10: 161122800X  ISBN13: 9781611228007
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 20 Jun 2011
Explores the older population as it increases in size and proportion, and as individuals continue to live longer post-retirement. This book includes topics such as the changes in where older Americans live, or the 'geographic distribution' of the... More