International perspectives on elder abuse

International perspectives on elder abuse [electronic resource] / edited by Amanda Phelan. - New York : Routledge, 2013. - xiv, 235 p. : ill. - Routledge advances in health and social policy . - Routledge advances in health and social policy. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Foucault : the flexible critique of welfare -- Goffman : interaction and identity negotiations -- Bourdieu : field, symbolic violence and domination -- Luhmann : welfare in communicative systems -- Neo-institutional theory : myths and legitimacy -- Risk theory : normality, deviation and neo-liberalism -- Transcending the approaches.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780203387054 (electronic bk.)




Abused elderly.
Older people--Abuse of.


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