Aging, risk and globalization

Author(s)

• Powell, Jason L.

Bibliographic Information

Aging, risk and globalization

Jason L. Powell

（Social perspectives in the 21st century / Jason L. Powell, series editor）

Novinka, c2013

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [41]-56) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book examines the concept of aging. It interrogates how it has been co-opted and absorbed by bio-medical approaches to gerontology. The book explores how the concept of risk is a major feature of how aging has been constructed and positioned by bio-medical experts, a transition to a "risk society" and the implications of populational aging in global society.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: The Biomedicalization of Aging
• Aging, Welfare & Risk
• Aging, Welfare & Globalization
• References
• Index.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB17098893
• ISBN:
  • 9781628089028
• LCCN: 2013031592
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 66 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF724.55.A35
  • DC23 : 305.26
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aging -- Psychological aspects
  • LCSH : Risk management
  • LCSH : Globalization
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB12673972