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The chapters in this book describe the current situation and changes that affect the health and well-being of different Indigenous populations around the world. They also highlight the adaptations and strengths of older people as they find ways to meet current challenges in their lives.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction - What Is Aging? -- What Is Aging? -- The Bio-Medical Model: Biological and Psychological Aging - Science of Ageing? -- The Dark Side of Bio-Medical Assumptions: A Critical Analysis -- Conclusion -- The Management of Aging in the Dark Side of Modernity -- Problematizing Ageing -- Why Foucault? -- The 'Gaze' of Medical Power -- 'Surveillance' and the 'Mixed Economy of Welfare' -- Normalisation and the Probe of Assessment -- Resisting Domination? -- Post-Millennium - A Road to Nowhere? -- Victimisation and Aging -- Introduction -- Connecting 'Old Age', Victimology and the Fear of Crime -- Victimisation and Old Age: An Overview of the Literature -- Concluding Remarks -- Elder Abuse and Aging -- Introduction -- The Rise of Personalisation -- 'Taking Aim' at Personalization -- Foucault and Surveillance -- The Technologies of Care Management to Facilitate Personalisation? -- The Panoptic Culture -- Conclusion -- Death, Culture and Aging -- Introduction -- Understanding Michel Foucault -- Archaeology and Death -- Genealogy and Death -- Conclusion -- References -- Author's Contact Information -- Index -- Blank Page

"As an Alaska Native (Unangax) raised among my Elders, I was taught Indigenous ways of thinking, the importance of honoring and respecting our Elders and all people and as I moved through the Western education system, I came to realize the knowledge of the land, the water, and the environment taught to me by Elders in my family and community was not in the textbooks, not shared by others, not honored or respected when shared in a group setting"--

The chapters in this book describe the current situation and changes that affect the health and well-being of different Indigenous populations around the world. They also highlight the adaptations and strengths of older people as they find ways to meet current challenges in their lives.

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Ninth Edition, provides a comprehensive synthesis of the latest research findings in the science of aging. The complexities of population dynamics, cohort succession and policy changes modify the world and its inhabitants in ways that must be vigilantly monitored. Completely revised, this edition not only includes the foundational, classic themes of aging research, but also a rich array of emerging topics and perspectives that advance the field in exciting ways. New topics include families, immigration, social factors and cognition, caregiving, neighborhoods and built environments, natural disasters, religion and health, and sexual behavior, among others. This book will serve as a useful resource and an inspiration to those searching for ways to contribute to the aging enterprise

The first wave of 76 million 'Baby Boomers,' representing 28 percent of the American population, turns 65 in 2011 and they will live longer than any previous generation in history - at least 15 years more than their parents! - creating an entirely new stage of human life

This book explores the symbolic side of globalization, development and aging, offering a special look into how temporality, technology, normativity, and empiricism structure the symbolic side of globalization and influence dominant images of the aging process.

"Now in its seventh edition, Aging as a Social Process continues to show students that human aging is more than just a matter of biology-it is also a complex social process. Drawing on a wide variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives and with a multidisciplinary approach, Aging as a Social Process sheds light on the individual and societal dimensions of aging. The seventh edition features data from the 2016 Census, the latest research in the field, and increased coverage of aging and mental health, marginalization, technology, and intersectionality. Aging as a Social Process offers students a thoroughly up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the sociological study of aging in Canada."--

Front Cover -- Aging -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 The societal burden of aging -- 1 Global aging and health determinants in a changing world -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The geographies of a global trend -- 1.2.1 Global patterns and projections -- 1.2.2 Multiscale intraregional variations of the aging process -- 1.3 Environmental health in later life -- 1.3.1 From successful aging to the role of place and inequities -- 1.3.2 How environment affects physical health in old age -- 1.3.3 The subjective experience of place: place attachment and residential normalcy -- 1.4 Global stressors in a changing world -- 1.4.1 Welfare state and neoliberalism -- 1.4.2 Climate change and health in old age -- 1.4.3 Migrations and health in old age -- 1.4.4 Discrimination as a health issue for older persons -- 1.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2 Flagship initiatives for healthy living and active aging in Europe: the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Hea... -- 2.1 Demographic changes and aging -- 2.2 The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing -- 2.2.1 European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing cross-cutting initiatives -- 2.3 Reference sites-case studies -- 2.3.1 Ageing@Coimbra Reference Site -- 2.3.2 The Healthy Ageing Network Northern Netherlands -- 2.3.3 Valencia region Reference Site -- 2.3.4 Andalusia Reference Site -- 2.3.5 The Lodz4Generations Reference Site -- 2.3.6 Campania Reference Site (ProMIS network) -- 2.3.7 MACVIA-France Reference Site -- 2.4 Reference Site Collaborative Network -- 2.5 Transition from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe-the role of IN-4-Active and Healthy Ageing -- 2.6 Future perspectives -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 3 Aging in Africa, challenges and opportunities-the particular case of Cabo Verde.