Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction: Critical Perspectives in Social Gerontology Jan Baars, Dale Dannefer, Chris Phillipson, and Alan Walker

SECTION 1: DIMENSIONS OF CRITICAL GERONTOLOGY
2. Beyond Neomodernism, Antimodernism, and Postmodernism: Basic Categories for Contemporary Critical Gerontology Jan Baars
3. Aging and Globalization: Issues for Critical Gerontology and Political Economy Chris Phillipson
4. Reexamining the Political Economy of Aging: Understanding the Structure/Agency Tension Alan Walker
5. Critical Feminist Perspectives, Aging, and Social Policy Carroll Estes
6. Reciprocal Co-Optation: The Relationship of Critical Theory and Social Gerontology Dale Dannefer

SECTION 2: CRITICAL DIMENSIONS OF MEDICALIZATION: AGING AND HEALTH AS CULTURAL PRODUCTS
7. From Chronology to Functionality: Critical Reflections on the Gerontology of the Body Stephen Katz
8. Empowering the Old: Critical Gerontology and Anti-Aging in a Global Context Neil King and Toni Calasanti
9. Dementia in the Iron Cage: The Biopsychiatric Construction of Alzheimer's Dementia Kathryn Douthit

SECTION 3: AGE AND INEQUALITY: LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL DYNAMICS
10. The Emerging Postmodern Culture of Aging and Retirement Security Larry Polivka and Charles F. Longino, Jr.
11. Dynamics of Late-Life Inequality: Modeling the Interplay of Health Disparities, Economic Resources, and Public Policies Stephen Crystal
12. Health, Aging, and America's Poor: Ethnographic Insights on Family Co-morbidity and Cumulative Disadvantage Linda M. Burton and Keith E. Whitfield
13. Culture, Migration, Inequality, and "Periphery" in a Globalized World: Challenges for Ethno- and Anthropogerontology Sandra Torres
14. Globalization and Critical Theory: Political Economy of World Population Issues John A. Vincent

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Index

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Jan Baars, Dale Dannefer, Chris Phillipson, Alan Walker