晚年老年人的"成功"老龄化:阶级和老龄化的社会学
Kate Gibson1, Andrew Kingston1, Emma McLellan1
1Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Health Innovation Neighbourhood, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5PL, UK.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|August 31, 2024
概括
年长的成年人积极塑造他们的生活.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 社会政策 社会政策 社会政策
背景情况:
- 现场老龄化是一个全球政策目标,旨在实现独立生活和社区联系.
- 新自由主义的"成功老龄化"理想强调个人选择和自我治理,影响人们对老龄化的看法.
- 社会文化背景塑造了现场的老龄化经验,特别是对于晚年的人来说.
研究的目的:
- 探索社会文化背景,特别是新自由主义的理想,如何影响老年人在现场老龄化的经验.
- 调查个人机构和社会阶级在引导现场老龄化过程中的作用.
- 分析个人资源和社会期望之间的相互作用,以实现"成功老龄化".
主要方法:
- 使用两波深度访谈的定性研究,对46名80岁以上的参与者进行了深度访谈.
- 在过渡期内进行的观察,以补充采访数据.
- 波尔迪乌斯理论框架用于分析社会阶级和资本对生活经验的影响.
主要成果:
- 参与者积极即兴地维护他们的家园和未来,展示了代理.
- 中产阶级参与者战略性地规划和塑造了他们的老龄化在现场轨迹.
- 积累的终身资本对于实现"在现场成功老龄化"的理想至关重要.
结论:
- 在政策中关于"健康老龄化"的个性化叙述忽视了社会阶级的关键作用.
- 在现场体现老龄化的新自由主义理想,需要部署基于阶级的资本.
- 阶级结构在很大程度上定并使"成功老龄化"成为可能,这与个人主义的政策叙述相反.
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