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    612-822-4611

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Ageing, Austerity, and Neoliberalism: Lived Experiences of Older People in a De-Industrialised Town

Ageing, Austerity, and Neoliberalism: Lived Experiences of Older People in a De-Industrialised Town

Jones, Amy

Paperback

Series: Social Perspectives on Ageing and Later Life

Aging & Elder CareGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1032212411
ISBN13: 9781032212418
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 6 2025
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book explores how neoliberalism and austerity have affected older people living within a deindustrialised town, utilising a Foucauldian approach and an ethnographic methodology.

It seeks to bridge the gap between high sociological theory and a research focus upon older people. The link between the micro (real people, within a real place) and macro (abstract processes) is examined, and a mid-range theory of change is innovatively developed to highlight how older people are having to negotiate national transformations at the everyday level. Key themes within this book include the recreation of human subjectivity, antiwelfarism, the stigmatisation and exclusion of the poor, the fragmentation of the working class, and nostalgia. Innovative terms such as 'stigma-adaptation' and 'abnormal abnormality' are included to help deepen our knowledge and understanding of the social sciences, to highlight the injustices caused by current global processes, and to ultimately inform change.

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