SOCIAL INEQUALITIES: AGE

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ONS: % of pensioners in poverty
16%
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GREENGROSS: Elderly Ageism
institutional - age barriers set by state excluded by society
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CARRIGAN AND SZMIGIN
marginalised in media, conform to stereotypes
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MORI: % of WORK DISCRIM 2002
38% - EU 2006 Age Discrim Illegal
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FUNCTIONALISM
changes and legislations towards young and old INEVITABLE - in a modern industrial economy
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HENRY
old age = time of disengagement from society, marginalised to open ops for young
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PARSONS
vital for social roles - teen cultural transitional
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EISENSTADT
acquire social roles - social cohesion
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EVALUATE
neglects social factors
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MARXIST
restriction to manage labour supply // RESERVE ARMY OF LABOUR
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TOWNSEND
capitalists need to know w.force - profitable
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PHILLIPSON
Explotiation. Old = no spending power
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KIDD
Elderly = undesirable, welfare desirability
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WEBERIANISM
based on status // Glass ceiling
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MCKINGSLEY
old and young affected // Retirement = loss of cultural
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PARKIN
NEGATIVE PRIV STATUS, old replace young
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POSTMODERN - FEATHERSTONE & HEPWORTH
age fragmented and diverse
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EVERINGHAM
individualised living
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INTERPRETIVE Aries, S.Construct // JAMES AND HOCKEY
old age infantalised
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GREENGROSS: Elderly Ageism

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institutional - age barriers set by state excluded by society

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CARRIGAN AND SZMIGIN

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MORI: % of WORK DISCRIM 2002

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FUNCTIONALISM

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