标题：Miriam Bernard and Thomas Scharf (eds.) (2007). Critical Perspectives on Ageing Societies. Bristol: The Policy Press, Ageing and the Lifecourse Series, 200 pp. ISBN 978-1-86134-890-6 (paperback)
期刊名称：International Journal of Ageing and Later Life
印刷版ISSN：1652-8670
出版年度：2009
卷号：04
期号：02
页码：I-IV
出版社：Linkoping University Electronic Press
摘要：The first in a new series of Ageing and the Life Course texts by Policy
Press, Critical Perspectives on Ageing Societies, edited by Miriam Bernard
and Tom Scharf, brings together some of the leading experts in the field of
gerontology from Britain and North America to consider how the current
context of critical gerontology has developed over the last 25 years and
discuss the future challenges it faces. In the foreword, Chris Phillipson
reminds us how, with its roots in political economy, feminist and humanist
foundations, critical gerontology has brought a greater appreciation of the
links between ageing and cultural and economic characteristics in later life
and the impact of social policy. He continues that this was particularly
important during the Thatcherite regime with the emergence of ‘‘an
ideologically driven critique of demographic change, with the labelling of
older people as a ‘burden’ and ‘cost’ to society’’ (p. vii). This was combined
with a reduction in the quality and scope of services. These debates still
continue to permeate social policy (and wider society) with concerns about
increasing longevity, rising pension deficits and a potential ‘demographic
time bomb’. It is within this context that critical gerontology has so much
