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Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore - Making Future Citizens (Paperback): Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore - Making Future Citizens (Paperback)
Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun
R1,644 Discovery Miles 16 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study of Singapore, it demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between seemingly neutral policy incentives and the perceived and experienced disparate effects. Drawing on a substantial number of personal interviews and focus groups, the book analyzes the developmental welfare state's overarching emphasis of citizen responsibility, and examines population policies that reinforce social inequalities and ignore cultural diversity. These factors combine to undermine elaborate state policy efforts in encouraging citizens' biological reproduction. The book goes on to argue that in order to facilitate positive fertility decisions, the state needs to modify the "economic production at all cost" approach and pay much more attention to the importance of social rights. This suggests that the Singapore government might profitably approach the phenomenon of very low fertility with major initiatives similar to those of other advanced industrialized societies. This book offers a significant contribution to the literature on social policy, East Asian and Southeast Asian studies.

Continuity and Change in Sub-Saharan African Demography (Hardcover, New): Clifford O. Odimegwu, John Kekovole Continuity and Change in Sub-Saharan African Demography (Hardcover, New)
Clifford O. Odimegwu, John Kekovole
R3,514 R2,909 Discovery Miles 29 090 Save R605 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of African demography over the past 50 years, profiling demographic changes, trends, patterns, and consequences in the region. It includes a demographic analysis of emerging issues in African population studies, such as conflict, poverty, reproductive health, gender, social services delivery, refugees, and HIV/AIDS, and examines the social context of African demography and population issues through in-depth socioeconomic analysis of the demographic trends and their consequences in the continent.

Mixed Effects Models for the Population Approach - Models, Tasks, Methods and Tools (Hardcover): Marc Lavielle Mixed Effects Models for the Population Approach - Models, Tasks, Methods and Tools (Hardcover)
Marc Lavielle
R3,353 Discovery Miles 33 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Wide-Ranging Coverage of Parametric Modeling in Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models
Mixed Effects Models for the Population Approach: Models, Tasks, Methods and Tools presents a rigorous framework for describing, implementing, and using mixed effects models. With these models, readers can perform parameter estimation and modeling across a whole population of individuals at the same time.

Easy-to-Use Techniques and Tools for Real-World Data Modeling
The book first shows how the framework allows model representation for different data types, including continuous, categorical, count, and time-to-event data. This leads to the use of generic methods, such as the stochastic approximation of the EM algorithm (SAEM), for modeling these diverse data types. The book also covers other essential methods, including Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and importance sampling techniques. The author uses publicly available software tools to illustrate modeling tasks. Methods are implemented in Monolix, and models are visually explored using Mlxplore and simulated using Simulx.

Careful Balance of Mathematical Representation and Practical Implementation
This book takes readers through the whole modeling process, from defining/creating a parametric model to performing tasks on the model using various mathematical methods. Statisticians and mathematicians will appreciate the rigorous representation of the models and theoretical properties of the methods while modelers will welcome the practical capabilities of the tools. The book is also useful for training and teaching in any field where population modeling occurs.

Do Justice and Let the Sky Fall - Elizabeth F. Loftus and Her Contributions to Science, Law, and Academic Freedom (Paperback):... Do Justice and Let the Sky Fall - Elizabeth F. Loftus and Her Contributions to Science, Law, and Academic Freedom (Paperback)
Mary-Anne Garry, Harlene Hayne
R1,619 Discovery Miles 16 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For more than 30 years, renowned psychological scientist Elizabeth F. Loftus has contributed groundbreaking research to the fields of science, law, and academia. This book provides an opportunity for readers to become better acquainted with one of the most important psychologists of our time, as it celebrates her life and accomplishments. It is intended to be a working text-one that challenges, intrigues, and inspires all readers alike. Do Justice and Let the Sky Fall collects research in theoretical and applied areas of human memory, provides an overview of the application of memory research to legal problems, and presents an introduction to the costs of doing controversial research. The first chapter gives a sketch of Loftus' career in her own words, and the remaining chapters color in that sketch. The final chapters of the book are more personal, and put a human face on a person who is held in such high esteem. This multipurpose volume is intended to serve as a valuable resource for established scientists, emerging scientists, graduate students, lawyers, and health professionals.

Demographic Developments in China (Hardcover): China Development Research Foundation Demographic Developments in China (Hardcover)
China Development Research Foundation
R4,510 Discovery Miles 45 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book assesses current developments in China's demography, and discusses the changes which should be implemented to bring policy into line with the current demographic situation. It argues that population planning, which was introduced in the early years of the People's Republic alongside economic planning, including "the one child policy", is no longer appropriate. It considers the results of the 2010 census, which showed the very significant shifts that are occurring , including a declining rate of population growth, ongoing growth of the number of people in "the floating population", an increasingly imbalanced sex ratio among newborn children, and ongoing ageing of the population. Besides discussing population planning policy, the book also examines how policies in the fields of education, health, gender relations, child development in rural areas, and polices for the elderly and families should be adjusted to accommodate demographic developments.

Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies - Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics (Paperback): Pieter Vanhuysse,... Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies - Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics (Paperback)
Pieter Vanhuysse, Achim Goerres
R1,540 Discovery Miles 15 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Most advanced democracies are currently experiencing accelerated population ageing, which fundamentally changes not just their demographic composition; it can also be expected to have far-reaching political and policy consequences. This volume brings together an expert set of scholars from Europe and North America to investigate generational politics and public policies within an approach explicitly focusing on comparative political science. This theoretically unified text examines changing electoral policy demands due to demographic ageing, and features analysis of USA, UK, Japan, Germany, Italy and all major EU countries. As the first sustained political science analysis of population ageing, this monograph examines both sides of the debate. It examines the actions of the state against the interests of a growing elderly voting bloc to safeguard fiscal viability, and looks at highly-topical responses such as pension cuts and increasing retirement age. It also examines the rise of 'grey parties', and asks what, if anything, makes such pensioner parties persist over time, in the first ever analysis of the emergence of pensioner parties in Europe. Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, and to those studying electoral and social policy reform. Official publication date 1st January 2012.

People and Places - ?A 21st-Century Atlas of the UK (Paperback): Danny Dorling, Bethan Thomas People and Places - ?A 21st-Century Atlas of the UK (Paperback)
Danny Dorling, Bethan Thomas
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How has UK society changed since 2001? What does the UK population look like in 2016? This unique atlas, the third in a bestselling series, uses a wealth of up-to-the minute data sources alongside the last 2011 Census data to identify national and local trends and provide analysis and discussion of the implications of these for future policy. Fascinating information on everything from sex, age, marriage and ethnicity to qualifications, employment, housing and migration is provided in gloriously colourful maps and graphics. Packed with at-a-glance data tracking the period from boom to bust and beyond to the new Conservative government of 2015, key features include the analysis of over 100,000 demographic statistics and the use of new cartographic projections and techniques, all laid out in an attractive and accessible format. Put together, this is the most accessible guide to social change over the past 15 years in the UK.

Women and Children First (Routledge Revivals) - International Maternal and Infant Welfare, 1870-1945 (Hardcover): Valerie... Women and Children First (Routledge Revivals) - International Maternal and Infant Welfare, 1870-1945 (Hardcover)
Valerie Fildes, Lara Marks, Hilary Marland
R4,227 Discovery Miles 42 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1992, this book explores the efforts to counteract the high maternal and infant death rates present between the end of the nineteenth century and the Second World War. It looks at the problem in five different continents and shows the varying approaches used by the governments, institutions and individuals in those countries. Contributors display how policy and practice have been shaped by the structure of maternity services, nationalism, the conflict of colonization and cultural factors. In doing so, they illustrate how welfare policy and funding were moulded throughout the world in the times considered.

The Politics of Family Planning in the Third World (Paperback): T.E. Smith The Politics of Family Planning in the Third World (Paperback)
T.E. Smith
R1,372 Discovery Miles 13 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1973, this book is an attempt to examine the political determinants (as opposed to the more usual emphasis upon consequences) of contemporary population policy formation and action in developing countries, with particular reference to policy relating to family limitation.

The Malthusian Controversy (Paperback): Kenneth Smith The Malthusian Controversy (Paperback)
Kenneth Smith
R1,374 Discovery Miles 13 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, first published in 1951, focuses on the hitherto ignored contemporary critics of Malthus, giving them the attention they so rightly deserve. Dr Smith traces the Malthusian controversy step by step, from 1798, the date of the First Essay, to the death of Malthus in 1834. Investigating the precursors of Malthus and the genesis of the Malthusian Theory of Population, the book subjects the theory to a searching analysis in the light of not only contemporary criticism, but also subsequent developments and modern ideas. In addition, the book examines the application of the theory to the doctrine of perfectibility, to wages, to the poor laws, to emigration, and to the birth control movement. Fully annotated and written in an easy style, this work is indispensable to serious students of both population problems and the development of economic thought. Broad in scope, The Malthusian Controversy presents a new perspective on the most urgent of modern issues, the problem of world population.

Population, Health and Nutrition in the Sahel - Issues in the Welfare of Selected West African Communities (Paperback): Allan... Population, Health and Nutrition in the Sahel - Issues in the Welfare of Selected West African Communities (Paperback)
Allan G. Hill
R1,385 Discovery Miles 13 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection of studies, first published in 1985, describes some contemporary problems of selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of the West African Sahel. Several important features of the Sahel are illustrated: the significance of seasonal factors in causing periodic stress amongst people and animals, the economic uncertainty introduced by interannual climactic variations, as well as the role of traditional systems of social and economic organisation in providing some support during periods of need. The findings presented here are published in co-operation with the Sahel Institute, a regional research organisation set up in the early 1970s with representation from eight Sahelian countries - Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta.

The Social Meaning of Children and Fertility Change in Europe (Hardcover, New): Anne Lise Ellingsaeter, An-Magritt Jensen,... The Social Meaning of Children and Fertility Change in Europe (Hardcover, New)
Anne Lise Ellingsaeter, An-Magritt Jensen, Merete Lie
R4,207 Discovery Miles 42 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Low fertility in Europe has given rise to the notion of a 'fertility crisis'. This book shifts the attention from fertility decline to why people do have children, asking what children mean to them. It investigates what role children play in how young adults plan their lives, and why and how young adults make the choices they do. The book aims to expand our comprehension of the complex structures and cultures that influence reproductive choice, and explores three key aspects of fertility choices: the processes towards having (or not having) children, and how they are underpinned by negotiations and ambivalences how family policies, labour markets and personal relations interact in young adults' fertility choices social differentiation in fertility choice: how fertility rationales and reasoning may differ among women and men, and across social classes Based on empirical studies from six nations - France, Scandinavia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Italy (representing the high and low end of European variation in fertility rates) - the book shows how different economic, political and cultural contexts interact in young adults' fertility rationales. It will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, demography and gender studies.

Progress, Poverty and Population - Re-reading Condorcet, Godwin and Malthus (Paperback): John Avery Progress, Poverty and Population - Re-reading Condorcet, Godwin and Malthus (Paperback)
John Avery
R1,653 Discovery Miles 16 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Are poverty, misery, famine, disease and war inevitably part of the human condition? Will the creations of science become uncontrollable and socially dangerous, like Frankenstein's monster? Or can science and education create a world of material plenty - a war-free world, where the benevolent, creative and intellectual sides of human nature will have a chance to flourish?

The Demographic Struggle for Power - The Political Economy of Demographic Engineering in the Modern World (Paperback): Milica... The Demographic Struggle for Power - The Political Economy of Demographic Engineering in the Modern World (Paperback)
Milica Zarkovic Bookman
R1,177 Discovery Miles 11 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Today's demographic struggle for power translates itself into an inter-ethnic war of numbers. The goal of this war of numbers is to increase the economic and political power of an ethnic group relative to other groups, and the method by which this is achieved entails the increase in size of one population relative to others. In describing this struggle, the book asks - and answers - three questions: What is it that ethnic groups think they can achieve by augmenting their numbers? By what methods do leaders of ethnic groups actually manipulate demographic characteristics in their struggle for power? How can such demographic struggles for power be avoided and thus potentially explosive inter-ethnic conflicts diffused?
This book offers suggestions for structural alterations within states that will sever the link between ethnic size and power, and thus eliminate the rationale for the demographic struggle for power.

Economics and Demography (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback): Ian Bowen Economics and Demography (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback)
Ian Bowen
R1,170 Discovery Miles 11 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1976, Economics and Demography discusses how the world population doubled in the thirty years prior to its publication, and considers the economic implications of this demographic transformation. Professor Bowen, with many years' experience of research into the economic and statistical aspects of population and world development, provides a survey of the population of the world, and of how political economists have explained population growth. The author's survey looks first at the mechanisms of growth - fertility, mortality, and migration - followed by an account of theories of growth from Adam Smith to the present day. Professor Bowen, a former fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, who taught at universities in England, America, Australia and Asia, writes from the point of view of a political economist rather than a demographer, and Economics and Demography is of particular value to students of development, development economics and demography within departments of economics, economic history and geography.

Generation Me - Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--And More Miserable Than Ever Before... Generation Me - Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--And More Miserable Than Ever Before (Paperback, Revised, Updated ed.)
Jean M. Twenge
R487 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R79 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this provocative and newly revised book, headline-making psychologist Dr. Jean Twenge explores why the young people she calls "Generation Me" are tolerant, confident, open-minded, and ambitious but also disengaged, narcissistic, distrustful, and anxious.
Born in the '80s, and '90s and called "The Entitlement Generation" or Millennials, they are reshaping schools, colleges, and businesses all over the country. The children of the Baby Boomers are not only feeling the effects of the recession and the changing job market--they are affecting change the world over. Now, in this new edition of "Generation Me," Dr. Twenge incorporates the latest research, data, and statistics, as well as new stories and cultural references, to show how "Gen Me-ers" have shifted the American character, redefining what it means to be an individual in today's society.
Dr. Twenge uses data from 11 million respondents to reveal shocking truths about this generation, including dramatic differences in sexual behavior and religious practice, and controversial predictions about what the future holds for them and society as a whole. Her often humorous, eyebrow-raising stories about real people vividly bring to life the hopes, disappointments, and challenges of Generation Me. Engaging, controversial, prescriptive, and funny, "Generation Me" gives Boomers and GenX'ers new and fascinating insights into their offspring, and helps those in their teens, twenties, and thirties find their road to happiness.

Whither the Child? - Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility (Hardcover): Eric P. Kaufmann, W. Bradford Wilcox Whither the Child? - Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility (Hardcover)
Eric P. Kaufmann, W. Bradford Wilcox
R4,202 Discovery Miles 42 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Birth rates are falling and fertility rates are well below replacement levels. At the same time, the economic crisis has forced governments to scale back public spending, reduce child support, and raise the retirement age, causing immense social conflict. Taking a step outside the disciplinary comfort zone, "Whither the Child?" asks how demography affects individuals and society. What does it feel like to live in a low fertility world? What are the consequences? Is there even a problem - economically, culturally and morally? No other book confronts so many dimensions of the low fertility issue and none engage with the thorny issues of child psychology, parenting, family, and social policy that are tackled head-on here.

Aging in Israel - Research, Policy and Practice (Hardcover, New): Sara Carmel Aging in Israel - Research, Policy and Practice (Hardcover, New)
Sara Carmel
R3,957 Discovery Miles 39 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the twentieth century, all developed nations began to undergo unprecedented demographic changes, as their birth rates declined, and life expectancies increased significantly --an average of thirty years in less than a century. These developments have caused major transformations in the composition of populations in these countries, especially in terms of the proportions of the various age groups. While the age groups of children and adolescents have decreased, those of elderly persons aged 65 and over, have increased.

Consistent with the situation in other developed nations, the absolute number and percentage of elderly persons in the Israeli population is increasing, while the percentage of younger persons is decreasing. Israel, however, differs from other developed countries in the pace of this demographic change, the composition of its population, and the ways it can address needs related to aging. The demographic figures in Israel indicate that not only is the proportion of elderly persons in the total population growing, but that the old population itself is rapidly aging as well.

This volume exemplifies how social science research can promote knowledge about and understanding of needs and opportunities for adaptation, and assist in evaluating the outcomes of policies and services on the personal, community and national levels, as well as suggest required changes. The variety of topics covered in this volume on age-related research, policies and practice reflects a wide range of research by Israeli scholars on social aspects of aging. Their research offers a glimpse into the knowledge base that has been built over the years on the aging process in Israel, the population of elderly people, and the national policies and network of services for the aged. Other developed countries with aging populations have much to learn from the Israeli experience.

The Journey Of Humanity - The Origins Of Wealth And Inequality (Paperback): Oded Galor The Journey Of Humanity - The Origins Of Wealth And Inequality (Paperback)
Oded Galor
R350 R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 Save R70 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A grand unifying theory of human flourishing and inequality, from one of the world’s pre-eminent thinkers.

In a captivating journey from the dawn of human existence to the present, world-renowned economist and thinker Oded Galor offers an intriguing solution to two of humanity’s great mysteries.

Why are humans the only species to have escaped – only very recently – the subsistence trap, allowing us to enjoy a standard of living that vastly exceeds all others? And why have we progressed so unequally around the world, resulting in the great disparities between nations that exist today? Immense in scope and packed with astounding connections, Galor’s gripping narrative explains how technology, population size, and adaptation led to a stunning “phase change” in the human story a mere two hundred years ago. But by tracing that same journey back in time and peeling away the layers of influence – colonialism, political institutions, societal structure, culture – he arrives also at an explanation of inequality’s ultimate causes: those ancestral populations that enjoyed fruitful geographical characteristics and rich diversity were set on the path to prosperity, while those that lacked it were disadvantaged in ways still echoed today.

As we face ecological crisis across the globe, The Journey of Humanity is a book of urgent truths and enduring relevance, with lessons that are both hopeful and profound: gender equality, investment in education, and balancing diversity with social cohesion are the keys not only to our species’ thriving, but to its survival.

Population and Development - High and Low Fertility in Poorer Countries (Hardcover): Geoffrey Hawthorn Population and Development - High and Low Fertility in Poorer Countries (Hardcover)
Geoffrey Hawthorn
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1978, this book explores the vital global issue of high and low fertility in poorer countries through a series of case studies by contemporary experts in the fields of development and demography. These studies examine such issues as: the relations between fertility rates and income distributions in poor societies; the question of whether or not neo-classical macro-economics are sufficient to understand and to try to engineer relations between economies and populations; and the specifics of the relations between fertility and a variety of socio-economic factors in both South Asia and West Africa. The point of the collection is to explain how very far general models can be taken, and to suggest that they cannot be taken as far as those who have tended to ignore the structural complexities of, and differences between, various societies have implied.

Politics, Violence, Memory - The New Social Science of the Holocaust (Paperback): Jelena Subotic, Jeffrey S. Kopstein, Susan... Politics, Violence, Memory - The New Social Science of the Holocaust (Paperback)
Jelena Subotic, Jeffrey S. Kopstein, Susan Welch
R853 Discovery Miles 8 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Politics, Violence, Memory highlights important new social scientific research on the Holocaust and initiates the integration of the Holocaust into mainstream social scientific research in a way that will be useful both for social scientists and historians. Until recently social scientists largely ignored the Holocaust despite the centrality of these tragic events to many of their own concepts and theories. In Politics, Violence, Memory the editors bring together contributions to understanding the Holocaust from a variety of disciplines, including political science, sociology, demography, and public health. The chapters examine the sources and measurement of antisemitism; explanations for collaboration, rescue, and survival; competing accounts of neighbor-on-neighbor violence; and the legacies of the Holocaust in contemporary Europe. Politics, Violence, Memory brings new data to bear on these important concerns and shows how older data can be deployed in new ways to understand the "index case" of violence in the modern world. -- Cornell University Press

Population and Strategies for National Sustainable Development - A guide to assist national policy makers in linking population... Population and Strategies for National Sustainable Development - A guide to assist national policy makers in linking population and environment in strategies for development (Paperback)
Gayl D. Ness, Meghan V. Golay
R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The guide serves as a resource for national-level policy makers and the staff of conservation organizations who wish to integrate population and environmental conditions in planning for sustainable development. It presents the basic rationale for linking population and environmental issues, including the demonstrable impact that growth in population and consumption is having on the environment. At the same time, it acknowledges the difficulty of achieving integration due to long-entrenched disciplinary and institutional specialization. The guide refrains from making blanket prescriptions, but rather emphasizes that policy and planning responses must be attuned to the location-specific nature of population-environment interactions. A number of mechanisms for achieving integration are presented, including placement of demographers within national planning organizations, or creation of country-based networks of population and conservation professionals who meet regularly to share knowledge and experience. For those less familiar with previous research, the book includes a primer on demographic change and models and frameworks for understanding the links between population dynamics (births, deaths, growth, migration) and environmental change. Originally published in 1996

Population Control - Real Costs, Illusory Benefits (Hardcover, New): Steven Mosher Population Control - Real Costs, Illusory Benefits (Hardcover, New)
Steven Mosher
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For over half a century, policymakers committed to population control have perpetrated a gigantic, costly, and inhumane fraud upon the human race. They have robbed people of the developing countries of their progeny and the people of the developed world of their pocketbooks. Determined to stop population growth at all costs, those Mosher calls "population controllers" have abused women, targeted racial and religious minorities, undermined primary health care programs, and encouraged dictatorial actions if not dictatorship. They have skewed the foreign aid programs of the United States and other developed countries in an anti-natal direction, corrupted dozens of well-intentioned nongovernmental organizations, and impoverished authentic development programs. Blinded by zealotry, they have even embraced the most brutal birth control campaign in history: China's infamous one-child policy, with all its attendant horrors.

There is no workable demographic definition of "overpopulation." Those who argue for its premises conjure up images of poverty--low incomes, poor health, unemployment, malnutrition, overcrowded housing to justify anti-natal programs. The irony is that such policies have in many ways caused what they predicted--a world which is poorer materially, less diverse culturally, less advanced economically, and plagued by disease. The population controllers have not only studiously ignored mounting evidence of their multiple failures; they have avoided the biggest story of them all. Fertility rates are in free fall around the globe.

Movements with billions of dollars at their disposal, not to mention thousands of paid advocates, do not go quietly to their graves. Moreover, many in the movement are not content to merely achieve zero population growth, they want to see negative population numbers. In their view, our current population should be reduced to one or two billion or so. Such a goal would keep these interest groups fully employed. It would also have dangerous consequences for a global environment.

Disability and the Sociological Imagination (Paperback): Allison C Carey Disability and the Sociological Imagination (Paperback)
Allison C Carey
R2,705 Discovery Miles 27 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Disability and the Sociological Imagination is the first true undergraduate text for the relatively new and growing area of sociology of disability. Written by one of the field's leading researchers, it discusses the major theorists, research methods, and bodies of knowledge that represents sociology's key contributions to our understanding of disability. Unlike other available texts, it examines the ways in which major social structures contribute to the production and reproduction of disability, and examines how race, class, gender, and sexual orientation shape the disability experience

Precarity and Ageing - Understanding Insecurity and Risk in Later Life (Paperback): Baozhen Luo, Larry Polivka, Michael Fine,... Precarity and Ageing - Understanding Insecurity and Risk in Later Life (Paperback)
Baozhen Luo, Larry Polivka, Michael Fine, Elena Portacolone, Mushira Mohsin Khan, …
R721 Discovery Miles 7 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What risks and insecurities do older people face in a time of both increased longevity and widening inequality? This edited collection develops an exciting new approach to understanding the changing cultural, economic and social circumstances facing different groups of older people. Exploring a range of topics, the chapters provide a critical review of the concept of precarity, highlighting the experiences of ageing that occur within the context of societal changes tied to declining social protection. Drawing together insights from leading voices across a range of disciplines, the book underscores the pressing need to address inequality across the life course and into later life.

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