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In the previous chapter, we interrogated the social construction of aging and old age comprising of mainstream understanding of risky aging. Indeed, such approaches are significant to pointing to emergence of financial problems of aging as cast through the socioeconomic gaze such as private pensions.
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Powell, J. (2022). Postmodern Sociology and Aging. In: Sociology of Aging and Death. International Perspectives on Aging, vol 35. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19329-3_4
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