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Author: Bryan Green ,
Robert G. Blundo ,
Bryan S. Green
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: AldineTransaction
Edition: Revised ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.408kg
ISBN: 9780202362557
ISBN 10: 0202362558
Pages: 249
Publication Date: 15 August 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Passage of the Social Security Act of 1935 and subsequent expansions of it have shaped the lives of older Americans and their families for over half a century... Critical gerontologists built on this common-sense knowledge to show that Social Security represented more than just an insurance program for citizens. It also changed the matrix of economic, political and social relations in ways that represented a qualitative shift in the structure and meaning of old age... Green's analysis of discourse within gerontology is an important first step in the examination of our discipline. --Debra Street, Contemporary Sociology
Passage of the Social Security Act of 1935 and subsequent expansions of it have shaped the lives of older Americans and their families for over half a century... Critical gerontologists built on this common-sense knowledge to show that Social Security represented more than just an insurance program for citizens. It also changed the matrix of economic, political and social relations in ways that represented a qualitative shift in the structure and meaning of old age... Green's analysis of discourse within gerontology is an important first step in the examination of our discipline. </p> --Debra Street, <em>Contemporary Sociology</em></p>
<p> Passage of the Social Security Act of 1935 and subsequent expansions of it have shaped the lives of older Americans and their families for over half a century... Critical gerontologists built on this common-sense knowledge to show that Social Security represented more than just an insurance program for citizens. It also changed the matrix of economic, political and social relations in ways that represented a qualitative shift in the structure and meaning of old age... Green's analysis of discourse within gerontology is an important first step in the examination of our discipline. <p> --Debra Street, Contemporary Sociology
Author Information
Bryan S. Green is professor emeritus of sociology at York University. He is the author of Knowing the Poor: A Case-Study in Textual Reality Construction and Literary Methods and Sociological Theory. His research interests include the application of textual and discourse analysis to gerontology and the literary construction of policy reports. Roberta R. Greene is the Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology and Social Welfare at the University of Texas at Austin. Robert G. Blundo is professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.
