Title Aging, risk, and globalization / editor, Jason L. Powell (University of Central Lancashire, UK).

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Description	1 online resource.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Social Perspectives in the 21st Century (Series Editor: Jason L. Powell, Dean of Faculty, University
	Social Perspectives in the 21st Century (Series Editor: Jason L. Powell, Dean of Faculty, University.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : the biomedicalization of aging -- Aging, welfare and risk -- Aging, welfare and globalization.
Summary	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.
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Subject	Aging -- Psychological aspects.
	Aging -- Psychological aspects.
	Risk management.
	Risk management.
	Globalization.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
	Globalization.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Powell, Jason L., 1971-
Other Form:	Print version: Aging, risk, and globalization 9781628089028 (DLC) 2013031592 (OCoLC)855488879
ISBN	9781628089066 (electronic book)
	1628089067 (electronic book)
	9781628089028
	1628089024