Title
Age discrimination and diversity [electronic resource] : multiple discrimination from an age perspective / [edited by] Malcolm Sargeant.
ISBN
9781139128216 (electronic book)
1139128213 (electronic book)
9780511777196 (electronic book)
0511777191 (electronic book)
9781107003774
1107003776
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 211 p.) : ill.
Call Number
HQ1061 .A415 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.2608
Summary
"This volume of essays is concerned with the discrimination against older people that results from a failure to recognise their diversity. By considering the unique combinations of discrimination that arise from the interrelationship of age and gender, pensions, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socio-economic class and disability, the contributors demonstrate that the discrimination suffered is multiple in nature. It is the combination of these characteristics that leads to the need for more complex ways of tackling age discrimination"-- Provided by publisher.
"This book is about the diversity of older people and the discrimination that results. Older people are often stereotyped according to their age. Age stereotyping is concerned with associating certain characteristics, or the lack of them, with certain ages. It in effect homogenises the particular age group as being all the same, rather than recognising any diversity within that age group (Robinson, Gustafson, and Popovich 2008). There is an impression that older people share certain attributes, patterns of behaviour, appearances and beliefs (Ward et al 2008). This stereotyping according to age is not restricted to older people of course and can apply to all ages and age groups. Here is a useful quote to that illustrates how the issue of age pervades many aspects of the life course:Our lives are defined by ageing: the ages at which we can learn to drive, vote, have sex, buy a house, or retire, get a pension, travel by bus for free. More subtle are the implicit boundaries that curtail our lives: the 'safe' age to have children, the 'experience' needed to fill the boss's role, the physical strength needed for some jobs. Society is continually making judgments about when you are too old for something - and when you are too old"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
1. Ageism and age discrimination / t Malcolm Sargeant
2. Multiple discrimination / Lynn Roseberry
3. Older women, work and the impact of discrimination / Diane Grant
4. Still disadvantaged?: women in modern pension systems / Athina Vlachantoni
5. Ageing and social class: towards a dynamic approach to class inequalities in old age / Alexandra Lopes
6. Age, sexual orientation and gender identity / Malcolm Sargeant
7. Age and ethnicity / Sharon Koehn and Karen Kobayshi
8. Disability and age discrimination / Gabrielle Mastin and Mark Priestly
9. New approaches for understanding inequalities in service use among older people / Sara Allin and Jose-Luis Fernandez.
