From civil rights to ... civic engagement? Concerns of two older critical gerontologists about a "new social movement" and what it portends

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 196-204

  Minkler, Meredith ^a   Holstein, Martha B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Health Medicine Policy Research Group   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Civil rights movement; Community building; Privitization of social welfare; Productive aging; Social justice; Women's movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949093582     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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