Seductive solutions, inspiration, easy-to-remember phrases, and ambiguity.: Why is the idea of active ageing so successful?

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321361618_SELECTED_CONTEMPORARY_CHALLENGES_OF_AGEING_POLICY" target="_blank" >https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321361618_SELECTED_CONTEMPORARY_CHALLENGES_OF_AGEING_POLICY</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.24917/9788380840911.1" target="_blank" >10.24917/9788380840911.1</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Seductive solutions, inspiration, easy-to-remember phrases, and ambiguity.: Why is the idea of active ageing so successful?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The idea of active ageing has become one of the most influential perspectives in modern gerontology, social work, and social policy. This paper discusses factors that helped to establish active ageing as a successful theoretical concept that has significantly influenced contemporary social representations of ageing and has a practical impact on social work and policy. The perspective of the philosophy of social science is employed to explain what makes the idea of active ageing so attractive despite the remaining confusions concerning what “activity” and “ageing actively” means. The aim of the paper is to answer the following question: What makes the concept of active ageing so successful? It draws upon the work of Murray Davis (1986) and her insight into the key aspects that make sociological theory “seductive.” The paper analyses in what ways the concept of active ageing fulfils the specific features that, according to Davis, determine the success of social theories. Simultaneously, the paper critically evaluates the ways the idea of active ageing is translated into ageing policy. The case of Czech Republic is used to illustrate the problematic aspect of active ageing policies as well as the specific rhetoric that makes the idea of active ageing so attractive for a broad spectrum of disciplines as well as for social policy.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Seductive solutions, inspiration, easy-to-remember phrases, and ambiguity.: Why is the idea of active ageing so successful?

Popis výsledku anglicky

The idea of active ageing has become one of the most influential perspectives in modern gerontology, social work, and social policy. This paper discusses factors that helped to establish active ageing as a successful theoretical concept that has significantly influenced contemporary social representations of ageing and has a practical impact on social work and policy. The perspective of the philosophy of social science is employed to explain what makes the idea of active ageing so attractive despite the remaining confusions concerning what “activity” and “ageing actively” means. The aim of the paper is to answer the following question: What makes the concept of active ageing so successful? It draws upon the work of Murray Davis (1986) and her insight into the key aspects that make sociological theory “seductive.” The paper analyses in what ways the concept of active ageing fulfils the specific features that, according to Davis, determine the success of social theories. Simultaneously, the paper critically evaluates the ways the idea of active ageing is translated into ageing policy. The case of Czech Republic is used to illustrate the problematic aspect of active ageing policies as well as the specific rhetoric that makes the idea of active ageing so attractive for a broad spectrum of disciplines as well as for social policy.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50401 - Sociology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GP13-09399P" target="_blank" >GP13-09399P: Významy a podoby prarodičovství v České republice</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Selected Contemporary Challenges of Ageing Policy

ISBN

978-83-941568-7-9

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

7-25

Počet stran knihy

256

Název nakladatele

Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie

Místo vydání

Krakow

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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