Håkan Jönson
Professor
Det moderna åldrandet : Pensionärsorganisationernas bilder av åldrandet 1941-1995
Author
Summary, in English
As a common trait, the organizations have produced and used two problem-oriented discourses. A discourse of risk-resource has juxtaposed images of old age by focusing on risks of old people becoming burdens to society, in opposition to the possibilities of their contributions as resources. A discourse of victim-resistance has highlighted victimization and injustices, which the organizations and old people themselves have provided resistance against. In the final analysis, the organizations are understood as social movements that have to produce images of risk and injustice in order to mobilize members for collective action and make claims for social change. Without a problem-oriented perspective the ability to create a shared identity of old people would be obstructed, and the organizations’ legitimacy as representatives of old people could be questioned.
Department/s
- School of Social Work
Publishing year
2001
Language
Swedish
Publication/Series
Lund Dissertations in Social Work
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
School of Social Work, Lund University
Topic
- Social Work
Keywords
- theory of social work
- Social changes
- Social Policy
- Social Movements
- Interest Groups
- Social Attitudes
- Ageism
- Pensioners
- Aging
- Elderly
- Sociology
- Sociala förändringar
- teorier om socialt arbete
- Sociologi
Status
Published
Supervisor
- [unknown] [unknown]
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1650-3872
- ISBN: 91-89604-01-6
- ISRN: LUSADG/SASW–00/1029–SE
Defence date
1 April 2001
Defence time
10:15
Defence place
Carolinasalen, Kungshuset, Lund
Opponent
- Svein Olav Daatland