Inequality and Old Age

An analysis of ageing in relation to identity formation, inequality and stratification. The book outlines a theory of social inequality which encompasses those inequalities associated with old age - in addition to class, gender, race and ethnicity.; This book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate sociology courses in social stratification and social theory, as well as students and researchers in social policy, social welfare and health with an interest in the study of ageing. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 7 Introduction......Page 8 Social inequality and the ageing process......Page 22 Being old in different societies: varieties of ways to be an elderly person......Page 40 Changing life-course patterns......Page 60 Old age and the symbolic order......Page 78 Social theories of inequality: gender, race, class and age......Page 102 Numbers and justice: who's afraid of an ageing population?......Page 132 Social theories of ageing......Page 158 The reproduction of inequality: power, structured dependence and the life course......Page 180 Bibliography......Page 206 Index......Page 220 John A. Vincent. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.