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ItemUnderstanding risk and old age in western society(Emerald, 2007-03-06)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of “risk” in relation to old age. Ideas are explored linked with what has been termed as the “risk society” and the extent to which it has become part of the organizing ground of how we define and organise the “personal” and “social spaces” in which to grow old in western modernity. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical paper in three parts, including: an introduction to the relevance and breakdown in trust relations; a mapping out of the key assumptions of risk society; and examples drawn from social welfarism to consolidate an understanding of the contructedness of old age in late modernity. Findings Part of this reflexive response to understanding risk and old age is the importance of recognising self‐subjective dimensions of emotions, trust, biographical knowledge and resources. Originality/value This discussion provides a critical narrative to the importance and interrelatedness of the sociology of risk to the study of old age.
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ItemThe Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty - Current State and Perspectives(Australian National University, 2009)
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ItemThe Current Significance of Risk(Oxford University Press, 2006)
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ItemThe Challenge of (Managing) New Risks(Oxford University Press, 2006)
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ItemComparison and perspectives of sociological theorizing on risk and uncertainty(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2008)
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ItemRisk society and reflexive modernisation(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2008)
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ItemThe Contribution of Sociology to the Discourse on Risk and Uncertainty(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2008)
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ItemThe Biographical Approach - A Better Way to Understand Behaviour in Health and Illness?(Cambridge University Press, 2005)
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ItemRisk, Affect and Emotion(Freie Universität Berlin, 2006)
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