Elderness in the Modernizaton Process
MODERNLEŞME SÜRECİNDE YAŞLILIK

Author : -Habibe Gülsüm Müftüler
Number of pages : 464-493

Abstract

In this artcle, named ‘Elderness in The Modernizaton Process’, elderness and ageing are taken into consideraton in a sociological perspectve; from social, cultural and religious dimensions and in terms of social insttutons. In this study, a holistc, eclectc, explanatory and multdimensional approach is preferred and the documentaton method is used. There have been social changes from many dimensions in our society in the modernizaton process. Elderly people are also affected from these social changes like everybody in our society. In additon, populaton ageing and average life expectancy are increasing both in the world and in our country. So there is need to study about the problems and the expectatons of our elderly people. In short, the effect of changes in our society in the modernizaton process, to the process of elderness and ageing; the structural change in elderness and the need of insttutonalisaton -especially to the elderly people- in our society are taken into consideraton in a sociological approach in this study.

Keywords

Modernizaton, Elderness, Ageing, Sociology, Sociology of Elderness, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Family, Social Insttuton, Social Gerontology.

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