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  • THE NEED FOR THEORY
    SIMON BIGGS / JON HENDRICKS / ARIELA LOWENSTEIN
    The "Need for Theory" speaks to the burgeoning need for critical thinking in social gerontology. The editors have brought together some of the foremost contributors to theoretical advances in the field. This volume incorporates state-of-the-art theorizing with a focus on selected topical areas facing gerontologists around the world. Using their keen insights into substantive is...

    $3,400.00

  • NEGOTIATING AGEING
    SIMON BIGGS
    The world is growing older and this is a historically unprecedented phenomenon. Negotiating such change, personally, socially and for governments and international organisations requires an act of cultural adaptation. Two key questions arise: What is the purpose of a long life? and How do we adapt to societies where generations are of approximately the same size? A number of pr...

    $1,420.00

  • GENERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
    SIMON BIGGS / ARIELA LOWENSTEIN
    The question of communication and understanding between different generations is emerging as a key issue for the twenty-first century. The advent of ageing populations may lead to increased conflict or solidarity in society, and provokes a profound ambivalence both in public and in the private sphere. In a new approach, Biggs and Lowenstein offer a critical examination of Gener...

    $1,520.00