TY  - BOOK
AU  - Westwood,Sue
AU  - Westwood,Sue
TI  - Ageing, Diversity and Equality: Social Justice Perspectives
T2  - Routledge Advances in Sociology
SN  - 9781315226835
PY  - 2017///
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - Sociology
KW  - bicssc
KW  - ageing inequalities
KW  - inequalities in later life
KW  - social justice
N1  - Open Access
N2  - Current understandings of ageing and diversity are impoverished in three main ways. Firstly, with regards to thinking about what inequalities operate in later life there has been an excessive preoccupation with economic resources. On the other hand, less attention has been paid to cultural norms and values, other resources, wider social processes, political participation and community engagement. Secondly, in terms of thinking about the 'who' of inequality, this has so far been limited to a very narrow range of minority populations. Finally, when considering the 'how' of inequality, social gerontology's theoretical analyses remain under-developed. The overall effect of these issues is that social gerontology remains deeply embedded in normative assumptions which serve to exclude a wide range of older people.  This book aims to challenge and provoke the above described normativity and offer an alternative approach which highlights the heterogeneity and diversity of ageing
UR  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27534
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/bd1338e7-dffc-40d2-9e87-52a0c67c443d/1002473.pdf
ER  -