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.
| ISBN: | 9781628089028 |
| Publication date: | 10th October 2013 |
| Author: | Jason L Powell |
| Publisher: | Nova Science Publishers an imprint of Nova Science Publishers Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 66 pages |
| Genres: |
Sociology |
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.
Aging, Risk, and Globalization features in the following genres: Sociology
Aging, Risk, and Globalization is available in Hardback
Aging, Risk, and Globalization was written by Jason L Powell and published by Nova Science Publishers an imprint of Nova Science Publishers Inc
Aging, Risk, and Globalization has 66 pages
£62.99