Inequality And Old Age

by John A Vincent

Overview

An analysis of ageing in relation to identity formation, inequality and stratification. The book outlines a theory of social inequality which encompasses those inequalities associated with old age - in addition to class, gender, race and ethnicity.; This book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate sociology courses in social stratification and social theory, as well as students and researchers in social policy, social welfare and health with an interest in the study of ageing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857282634
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/30/1995
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John A Vincent, University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Social inequality and the ageing process 2 Being old in different societies: varieties of ways to be an elderly person 3 Changing life-course patterns 4 Old age and the symbolic order 5 Social theories of inequality: gender, race, class and age 6 Numbers and justice: who’s afraid of an ageing population? 7 Social theories of ageing 8 The reproduction of inequality: power, structured dependence and the life course