Critical Perspectives on Ageing Societies

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AGEING SOCIETIES......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
List of tables, boxes and figures......Page 7
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Notes on contributors......Page 11
Introduction......Page 16
Ageing societies......Page 17
Critical gerontology......Page 19
Research within a critical gerontology perspective......Page 20
Overview of the chapters......Page 21
Conclusion......Page 25
Introduction......Page 26
Social gerontology and its limitations......Page 27
Critical gerontology today and tomorrow......Page 30
Moving towards a richer critical gerontology......Page 32
Conclusion......Page 39
Introduction......Page 40
Rise of social development policy......Page 41
Formulation of theory: ‘acquiescent functionalism’......Page 43
Alternative theory: structured dependency......Page 44
Human rights and welfare......Page 45
Human rights from a UK and European perspective......Page 46
Violations of the rights of older people in the 21st century......Page 48
Failure to accept Sutherland......Page 50
Practicality of human rights......Page 51
Universal rights......Page 55
Conclusion......Page 56
What do older people want?......Page 58
Health and social care divide: historical perspectives......Page 60
Green Paper on Social Care......Page 62
Failure to deliver on past promises......Page 63
Re-medicalisation of later life......Page 65
Towards the obvious ‘solution’?......Page 67
Conclusion......Page 69
Introduction......Page 72
Significance of narrative......Page 74
Narrativity......Page 76
Older adults’ narratives......Page 78
Adult development through narrative processes......Page 80
Narrating gerontologist......Page 81
Final thoughts......Page 83
Introduction......Page 86
Participation: setting the context......Page 87
Participation of older people in research......Page 89
Conclusion......Page 100
Introduction......Page 102
Revisiting The Last Refuge......Page 103
Some methodological challenges......Page 106
Data: then and now......Page 109
Conclusion......Page 114
Introduction......Page 118
Who are older people?......Page 119
What do we mean by participative research?......Page 120
Mailing list contributors......Page 121
Fieldworkers......Page 122
Diarists......Page 124
Evidence of age discrimination......Page 125
Discussion......Page 130
Conclusion: is participative research revealing a road to an age-inclusive society?......Page 132
Introduction......Page 138
The idea of progress......Page 139
The 1960s: conflict between generations......Page 140
The 1970s: the rise of normative ethics......Page 141
The 1980s: generational equity and the rise of age-based rationing......Page 143
The 1990s: generational accounting, sustainability and the environment and the rise of positive ageing......Page 146
The new millennium and the rise of the risk society......Page 148
Conclusion......Page 150
Introduction......Page 152
Stakeholders and objectives......Page 153
Growth of gerontology......Page 154
British gerontology and gerontologists since 1987......Page 160
Professional development and the impact of gerontology......Page 161
Innovative ways forward? A research network approach......Page 163
Reflections and conclusions......Page 164
References......Page 168
Index......Page 190