Author: Jason L. Powell

This book examines aging and old age from a range of social and cultural approaches. The book begins by examining the emergence of mainstream socio...

This book has two main parts, one that examines what the world has learned so far in dealing with ageing and another which discusses how such a cou...

This book, which draws from fieldwork research and evidence, is provided to suggest a sense of emotional anxiety among social workers and case mana...

Sociology is the systematic study of the taken-for-granted assumptions that people make about everyday life. This book explores a triumvirate of im...

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 e...

This book explores the major contemporary social issues in modern society with a clear focus on major facets of social life. The book examines the ...

This book provides a critical reflection on theory, welfare and ageing. An examination on how ageing appears to be moving from individualisation to...

This book is an unashamedly sociological excursion relating to the ageing process in Western society. It fundamentally questions assumptions and id...