Framing age : contested knowledge in science and politics / edited by Iris Loffeier, Benoit Majerus and Thibauld Moulaert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loffeier, Iris, 1983-

Majerus, Benoît.

Moulaert, Thibauld.

Series:

Routledge studies in the sociology of health and illness.

Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Social conditions.

Older people.

Older people--Government policy.

Europe.

Medical Subjects:

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

Ageing populations have gradually become a major concern in many industrialised countries over the past fifty years, drawing the attention of both politics and science. The target of a raft of health and social policies, older people are often identified as a specific, and vulnerable, population. At the same time, ageing has become a specialisation in many disciplines - medicine, sociology, psychology, to name but three - and a discipline of its own: gerontology. This book questions the framing of old age by focusing on the relationships between policy making and the production of knowledge. The first part explores how the meeting of scientific expertise and the politics of old age anchors the construction of both individual and collective relationships to the future. Part II brings to light the many ways in which issues relating to ageing can be instrumentalised and ideologised in several public debate arenas. Part III argues that scientific knowledge itself composes with objectivity, bringing ideologies of its own to the table, and looks at how this impacts discourse about ageing. In the final part, the contributors discuss how the frames can themselves be experienced at different levels of the division of labour, whether it is by people who work on them (legislators or scientists), by people working with them (professional carers) or by older people themselves. Unpacking the political and moral dimensions of scientific research on ageing, this cutting-edge volume brings together a range of multidisciplinary, European perspectives, and will be of use to all those interested in old age and the social sciences.

Contents:

pt. 1. Future at the heart of the ageing region

pt. 2. Defining boundaries, defining insiders and outsiders

pt. 3. Bridges between science and policy

pt. 4. Experiencing, playing, shifting boundaries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-54431-8

1-134-83897-2

1-134-83904-9

9781315544311

OCLC:

995610909