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Social Justice and the Older Worker

Book section · January 1, 2024 Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.-United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). ... Full text Cite

Aging Disgracefully: Perspectives on Disability Experience and Activism From Disability Studies and Anthropology

Book section · January 1, 2024 Objective: The objective of this chapter is to introduce the ways in which insights from disability theory and activism intersect with contemporary theories and activism related to aging. Background: This chapter is motivated by the prospect that disabilit ... Full text Cite

So That the Stew Reaches Everybody:

Book section · March 15, 2021 Full text Cite

Refusing to go away: The ida benderson seniors action group

Book section · September 3, 2015 This chapter draws upon critical gerontology, urban studies, and occupational justice to analyze rhetoric and activism surrounding the closure of a popular senior center in downtown Syracuse, New York. In a context of downtown gentrification and entreprene ... Full text Cite