Ageing, diversity and equality : social justice perspectives /
Ageing, diversity and equality : social justice perspectives /
edited by Sue Westwood.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages)
- Routledge advances in sociology .
Introduction / Socio-economic inequalities in later life : the role of gender / Gender, (in)equality, and the body in later life / Gender and the social imaginary of the fourth age. / Ageing without children, gender and social justice / Trans/gender variant ageing and inequality / Older lesbians, ageing and equality / Gay men and ageing / Bisexuality and ageing : Striving for social justice / Heterosexual ageing : Interrogating the taken-for-granted norm / Ethnicity, race and care in older age : what can a social justice framework offer? / Migration, ageing and social inclusion / Older Migrants : Inequalities of ageing from a transnational perspective / Ageing, Religion and (in)equality / Ageing with a physical disability and/or long-term health condition / The intersectionality of intellectual disability and ageing / Ageing with HIV / Older people and deficiencies in the formal care system : equality and rights / Ageing and spatial equality / Rural ageing and equality / Ageing in the workplace / Ageing in prison / Sue Westwood -- Athina Vlachantoni -- Laura Hurd Clarke -- Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs -- Robin Hadley -- Jenny-Anne Bishop and Sue Westwood -- Jane Traies -- Mark Hughes and Peter Robinson -- Sarah Jen -- Sue Westwood -- Sandra Torres -- Shereen Hussein -- Alistair Hunter -- Peter Kevern -- Sue Westwood and Nicola Carey -- Karen Watchman -- Dana Rosenfeld, Damien Ridge and Jose Catalan -- Jonathan Herring -- Martin Hyde -- Vanessa Burholt, Paula Foscarini-Craggs and Bethan Winter -- Annette Cox -- Helen Codd. PART ONE: GENDER -- PART TWO: SEXUALITIES -- PART THREE: CULTURE, ETHNICTY AND RELIGION -- PART FOUR: DISABILITIES, LONG-TERM CONDITIONS AND CARE -- PART FIVE: SPATIALITY --
Current understandings of ageing and diversity are impoverished in three main ways. Firstly, with regards to thinking about what inequalities operate in later life there has been an excessive preoccupation with economic resources. On the other hand, less attention has been paid to cultural norms and values, other resources, wider social processes, political participation and community engagement. Secondly, in terms of thinking about the 'who' of inequality, this has so far been limited to a very narrow range of minority populations. Finally, when considering the 'how' of inequality, social gerontology's theoretical analyses remain under-developed. The overall effect of these issues is that social gerontology remains deeply embedded in normative assumptions which serve to exclude a wide range of older people. This book aims to challenge and provoke the above described normativity and offer an alternative approach which highlights the heterogeneity and diversity of ageing.
9781351851312 1351851314 9781351851329 1351851322 9781351851305 1351851306 9781315226835 1315226839
10.4324/9781315226835 doi
Minority older people--Social conditions.
Older people--Social conditions.
Aging--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
Equality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Ageing inequalities Inequalities in later life Social justice Sociology
HQ1061 / .A4244145 2019
305.26
Introduction / Socio-economic inequalities in later life : the role of gender / Gender, (in)equality, and the body in later life / Gender and the social imaginary of the fourth age. / Ageing without children, gender and social justice / Trans/gender variant ageing and inequality / Older lesbians, ageing and equality / Gay men and ageing / Bisexuality and ageing : Striving for social justice / Heterosexual ageing : Interrogating the taken-for-granted norm / Ethnicity, race and care in older age : what can a social justice framework offer? / Migration, ageing and social inclusion / Older Migrants : Inequalities of ageing from a transnational perspective / Ageing, Religion and (in)equality / Ageing with a physical disability and/or long-term health condition / The intersectionality of intellectual disability and ageing / Ageing with HIV / Older people and deficiencies in the formal care system : equality and rights / Ageing and spatial equality / Rural ageing and equality / Ageing in the workplace / Ageing in prison / Sue Westwood -- Athina Vlachantoni -- Laura Hurd Clarke -- Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs -- Robin Hadley -- Jenny-Anne Bishop and Sue Westwood -- Jane Traies -- Mark Hughes and Peter Robinson -- Sarah Jen -- Sue Westwood -- Sandra Torres -- Shereen Hussein -- Alistair Hunter -- Peter Kevern -- Sue Westwood and Nicola Carey -- Karen Watchman -- Dana Rosenfeld, Damien Ridge and Jose Catalan -- Jonathan Herring -- Martin Hyde -- Vanessa Burholt, Paula Foscarini-Craggs and Bethan Winter -- Annette Cox -- Helen Codd. PART ONE: GENDER -- PART TWO: SEXUALITIES -- PART THREE: CULTURE, ETHNICTY AND RELIGION -- PART FOUR: DISABILITIES, LONG-TERM CONDITIONS AND CARE -- PART FIVE: SPATIALITY --
Current understandings of ageing and diversity are impoverished in three main ways. Firstly, with regards to thinking about what inequalities operate in later life there has been an excessive preoccupation with economic resources. On the other hand, less attention has been paid to cultural norms and values, other resources, wider social processes, political participation and community engagement. Secondly, in terms of thinking about the 'who' of inequality, this has so far been limited to a very narrow range of minority populations. Finally, when considering the 'how' of inequality, social gerontology's theoretical analyses remain under-developed. The overall effect of these issues is that social gerontology remains deeply embedded in normative assumptions which serve to exclude a wide range of older people. This book aims to challenge and provoke the above described normativity and offer an alternative approach which highlights the heterogeneity and diversity of ageing.
9781351851312 1351851314 9781351851329 1351851322 9781351851305 1351851306 9781315226835 1315226839
10.4324/9781315226835 doi
Minority older people--Social conditions.
Older people--Social conditions.
Aging--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
Equality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Ageing inequalities Inequalities in later life Social justice Sociology
HQ1061 / .A4244145 2019
305.26