He studied that we can choose a lifestyle and identity regardless of our age - our age no longer determines who we are
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What did Harper find?
The greatest fall of deaths in recent decades has come from not medical changes but the amount of people not smoking
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What did Walker find?
Those living in the poorest areas of England die on average seven years earlier then those living in the rich countries
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What did Vortovec find?
Globalisation has led to 'super diversity'- this is when migrants came to Britain from a range of countries
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What did Cohen study?
3 different type of Migrant... Citizens - have full rights Denizens - are privileged foreign nationals Helots - A reserve army of labour
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What did Tranter find?
Over 3/4 pf the decline in the death rate from 1850-1970 was due to a fall in the number of infectious diseases
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What has Townsend found?
The main reason for negative attitudes towards the elderly in society is that age has been socially constructed as a period of dependency
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What have Casties and Kosack found?
Migration has divided the working class and so is preventing united action in defense of their interests
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What is the Griffiths Report?
This reported on the care of the eldery. Saw society as facing the problem of meeting the escalating costs of health care and social care for elderly individuals
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What did Harper find?
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The greatest fall of deaths in recent decades has come from not medical changes but the amount of people not smoking
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