Disability and Ageing: Towards a Critical Perspective

Front Cover -- Disability Abd Ageing: Towards A Critical Perspective -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- Key Terms -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editors' Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Paradox -- Policy Frameworks -- Political Movements -- Conceptualisations (or Models) Of Disability -- Theoretical Approaches -- The Empirical Study: Rationale, Key Features And Findings -- Terminology And Abbreviations -- Chapter By Chapter Outline -- Part I The Context For Disablement In Older Age -- 2 Defining Disability -- Introduction -- General Approaches To Defining Disability The Uk Social Model And Beyond -- Biopsychosocial Models -- Approaches To Defining Disability In Older Age -- Biomedical Definitions -- Dominant Understanding In Sociology: The Fourth Age -- Definition From Environmental Gerontology -- Discussion And Conclusions -- 3 Literature: Ageing, Disability And Lifecourse -- Introduction -- Scholarship On Ageing: Social Theories -- Ageing In Early Theorising: Disengagement Theory, Activity Theory And Beyond -- Ageing As A Social Construction: Introducing Critical Gerontology -- Critical Gerontology: Cultural Representations Critical Gerontology: The Body, Identity And Intersectionality -- Critical Gerontology: Meaning In Life -- Disability As Social Construction: Introducing Disability Studies -- Critical Or Cultural Disability Studies -- Critical Disability Studies: Cultural Representations And Relational Issues -- Critical Disability Studies: Bodies -- Critical Disability Studies: Identity, Multidimensionality And Intersectionality -- Aspects Of Medical Sociology -- Scholarship On The Lifecourse -- Discussion And Conclusions -- 4 Public Policies On Ageing And Disability -- Introduction Background: Disability Prevalence -- Introducing International Policy Approaches To Ageing And To Disability -- Policies On Ageing -- Policies On Disability -- Issues Arising From The Separation Of Policy Frameworks -- Separate Policies: Consequences For People Experiencing Disability With Ageing -- Separate Policies: Consequences For People Ageing With Disability -- Bridging Between Policies On Ageing And Disability -- Discussion And Conclusions -- Part Ii Empirical Findings -- 5 Disabling Bodies -- Introduction -- Introducing The Study: Research Questions And Methods -- Theoretical Background Changes In Self-identity And Biographical Disruption -- Findings: Disabling Bodies -- Perceiving 'decline' Or 'catastrophe' -- Having A Heightened Sense Of Uncertainty And Finitude -- Losing Activities And Participation Opportunities -- Negotiating Social Identities In Light Of Dominant Discourses -- Heterogeneity In The Experience Of Ageing With Disability -- Discussion And Conclusions -- 6 Disabling Or Enabling Contexts -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background: Disability Identity -- Experiences Of Disability In Interaction With Contexts Ann Leahy. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.