Framing age contested knowledge in science and politics / edited by Iris Loffeier, Benoît Majerus and Thibauld Moulaert.
| Other author | Loffeier, Iris, 1983- |
| Other author | Majerus, Benoît. |
| Other author | Moulaert, Thibauld. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. |
| Description | p. ; cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in the sociology of health and illness Routledge studies in the sociology of health and illness. ^A1140411 |
| Contents | Demographic change as dystopia : contemporary German discourses on ageing, between science and politics / Reinhardt Messerschmidt -- Recommendations concerning the use of physical exercise to improve the wellbeing of older people in France / Cécile Collinet and Matthieu Delalandre -- "Regimes of hope" in planning later life : medical optimism in the field of anti-ageing medicine / Mark Schweda and Larissa Pfaller -- Nationalism and the moral economy of ageing / Magnus Nilsson -- Sexual assistance, suicide assistance and the condition of dependent older adult / Alexandre Lambelet -- Toward a biopolitics of old age : vulnerability and ageing in postwar France / Richard C. Keller -- Connecting categories : age, gender and archaeologies of knowledge / Nicole Kramer -- The breakdown of consensus on pro-natalist policies : media discourse, social research and a new demographic agreement / Antía Pérez-Caramés -- The social construction of dependency : controversies in France around an assessment instrument in France / Nicolas Belorgey -- Discerning ageing in relation to the law? Debates on the legal framework of freedom of movement of the elderly in France between 2004 and 2015 / Lucie Lechevalier Hurard and Benoît Eyraud -- Different initial training, different professional practices? Latitude and interprofessionality in dependency assessment / Jingyue Xing and Solène Billaud -- Shaping old age : innovation partnerships, senior centres and billiards tables as active ageing technologies / Aske Juul Lassen. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016055455 |
| ISBN | 9781138683839 (hbk) |