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A Critical Perspective on Ageism and Modernization Theory

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  • Wouter De Tavernier

    (Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven, Belgium)

  • Laura Naegele

    (Institute of Gerontology, Department of Ageing and Work, University of Vechta, Germany)

  • Moritz Hess

    (Department of Dynamics of Inequality in Welfare Societies, University of Bremen, Germany)

Abstract

Modernization theory has often been used to explain country differences in levels of ageism. The commentary at hand questions its usefulness in the analysis of ageism today for two reasons. First, modernization theory was developed to discuss social status of older people, not ageism. Second, social policies and management practices that emerged with industrialization are being rolled back over the last decades. We therefore argue for the reconsideration of the relationship between modernization and ageism and to re-assess it in order to better explain country differences in ageism in the 21st century.

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  • Wouter De Tavernier & Laura Naegele & Moritz Hess, 2019. "A Critical Perspective on Ageism and Modernization Theory," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(3), pages 54-57.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v:7:y:2019:i:3:p:54-57
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    1. Wouter De Tavernier & Marja Aartsen, 2019. "Old-Age Exclusion: Active Ageing, Ageism and Agency," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(3), pages 1-3.

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