Abstract
This article draws from the work of Michel Foucault to reconstruct an understanding of social policy and ageing in contemporary Britain. In many ways, policy provides three trajectories for older people; first, as independent self-managing consumers with private means and resources; second, as people in need of some support to enable them to continue to self-manage and third, as dependent and unable to commit to self-management. Governmentality provides the theoretical framework through which to view policy and practice that is largely governed by discourses of personalisation.Citation
Powell, J. L., & Halsall, J. (2015) Reconstructing social policy and ageing. World Scientific News, 7 (6). pp. 88-100.Publisher
World Scientific NewsJournal
World Scientific NewsAdditional Links
http://www.worldscientificnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WSN-13-2015-88-100.pdfType
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
2392-2192Collections
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