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This is a summary of a discussion between Edmonton Social Planning Council staff and clients from the Project Adult Literacy Society (PALS). Clients spoke about what they would like to see in the Government of Alberta's Social Policy Framework, their attitude towards current government programs and services designed to improve the quality of life of all Albertans, and ideas for additional programs and services that would achieve this goal. This discussion was part of the ESPC's series of public consultations to help shape the Government of Alberta's Social Policy Framework.

Intro -- SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: What is Ageing? -- Introduction -- The Bio-Medical Model: Biological and Psychological Aging - Science of Ageing? -- The Dark Side of Bio-Medical Assumptions: A Critical Analysis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Social Theories of Ageing -- The Importance of a Social Approach to Ageing -- Functionalist Analysis of Old Age -- 1) Disengagement -- Evaluation of Disengagement Theory -- 2) Activity theory -- Evaluation of Activity Theory -- Seminar discussion: -- Lecture: Globalisation and Ageing -- Chapter 3: Critical Perspectives in Gerontology -- Introduction -- Political Economy of Old Age -- From Political Economy to 'Critical' Gerontology? -- Evaluation -- Chapter 4: The Case of Gender and Ageing -- Gender, Sexuality and Ageing -- Seminar Discussion -- Chapter 5: Biographical Approaches to Ageing (Summary Sheet) -- Aims -- In pairs, for 5 minutes jot down: what is a 'biography'? -- Notes: -- How do we use biography for older people? Through interviews gathering information about their past, present and future aspirations. -- 1. Personal (personal biographies - older people as 'carriers of history'. Bornatt (2005) claims that such narratives are about listening to what older people say about their life stories. An important feature of this has been an emphasis upon the ind... -- 2. How do helping professions use biography when working with older people in health and social care spaces? Ageism has been central issue that has not been facilitative in helping older people to become more aware of this oppression and challenge it ... -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Foucauldian Analysis of Social Gerontology -- Introduction -- A History of the Present: Power and Ageing -- The Discursive Formation of Social Work with Older People.

Social engineering in the 20th century has brought about some large-scale changes in society, often the result of visionary social projects, and plans designed on a grand and ideal scale. Such plans have often extracted terrible human costs. Numerous failures have marked 20th century social engineering

Social Psychology provides student readers with essential help with all aspects of their first course in social psychology, including advice on revising for exams, preparing and writing course assessment materials, and enhancing and progressing their knowledge and skills in line with course requirements on a social psychology course

'Many of us have stood above a colony of ants and been astounded at their ability to act and organise as a social system. Humans are, of course, smarter, independent free-thinking individuals. Read this book and think again. With eyesight sharpened by math, modeling, and the familiarity with a new landscape he has in part created, Sandy Pentland and his team are mapping out a new world, crawling with information, that offers some real understanding of who we are and who we could be. Welcome to the age of social physics.'