Kuresel Yaslanma: Egilimler, Sorunlar ve Karsilastirmalar

Abstract

The representations and images of older people in Asia have increasingly become important in both the discipline and practice of social science (Chen and Powell 2012). Indeed, social policy based on old age appears to be moving from its traditional concern with ‘public issues’ in Asia to the question of how aging is socially perceived and experienced by individual social actors related to consumerism on the one hand, and populational control on the other (Powell and Cook, 2000). Aging identities have been grounded in policy discourses and professions of health and social care and the institutionalisation of state care policy in China (Cook and Powell, 2005a). However, a perceived corrosion of these structures has led to an interiorisation of the ground upon which a viable aging identity can be constructed. There are two key issues that are important in exploring the relationship between personal experiences of aging and policy discourse.