Australian Literature in Social Gerontology: A Content Analysis of Trends Since 1980

Minichiello, Victor; Alexander, L.; Jones, Deirdre

doi:10.1111/j.1741-6612.1988.tb00319.x

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“…The Australian Journal on Ageing has been identified as the single, major outlet for local research in a recent content analysis of Australian gerontological literature covering the period 1980 to 1987 (Minichiello, Alexander, & Jones, 1988). Incorporation of the findings of that analysis captures not only that journal's contents, but also material published elsewhere; notably, many of the publications from the Ageing and the Family Project are included.…”

Section: Tracing the Development Of Gerontological Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Gerontology in Australia: The Development of the Discipline

Howe

1990

Educational Gerontology

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The development of gerontology as a discipline is traced in this article following Rosenberg's framework for analyzing the ecology of knowledge. The history of the institutional arrangements for the conduct of gerontological education and research is reviewed to set the background for a detailed analysis of gerontological knowledge. The sources used are twenty years of proceedings of the annual conferences of the Australian Association of Gerontology, a recent review of Australian gerontological literature appearing in local and overseas journals, and two editions of a national directory of research on aging. This analysis investigates three areas of gerontological knowledge: content, indicated by the topics of research; structure, indicated by the disciplinary backgrounds of the researchers; and organization, indicated by the institutional contexts in which research and educational activities have taken place. In the concluding discussion of the implications of the current state of gerontological knowledge for education, particular attention is given to the ways the social value now being placed on gerontology might shape the future development of the discipline.

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Section: Tracing the Development Of Gerontological Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Gerontology in Australia: The Development of the Discipline

Howe

1990

Educational Gerontology

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“…This saw the emergence of a distinctly social gerontology through a growing volume of research into social and psychological aspects of ageing. However, in a content analysis of scholarly Australian literature in social gerontology from 1980 to 1986, Minichiello et al (1988) found an absence of broader interdisciplinary and collaborative research into ageing. They argued that 'Australian clinicians, psychologists and sociologists have created many little islands of knowledge' (Minichiello et al, 1988: 29) and called for bridges to be built between these to improve research data generated on ageing.…”

Section: An Historical Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges for Australian sociology

Aberdeen

Bye

2011

Journal of Sociology

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Sociologist Nicole Asquith argues that, in Australia, when it 'comes to population ageing, sociology has been, in large part, silent in the face of neoliberal policies of positive ageing' (2009: 255). In the absence of such critical research, governments at all levels since the 1990s have pursued policies of ageing that tends to subordinate the social needs of older Australians to the nation's economic needs. This paper seeks to explain why the critical social gerontology movement has not taken root in Australia through an historical analysis of ageing research in Australia. Furthermore, it aims to demonstrate the rewards of critical analysis through new research into the discourses of positive ageing. It also shows how older Australians resist 'responsible' ageing and its regulation of them. This analysis is designed to inspire further critical engagement, which recognizes the diversity of older Australians, giving voice to their resistance, and better inform policy development.

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“…The National Workshop considered the substantial increase in the number of publications in the field since the 1980s (see also Howe, forthcoming Kendig, 1988;Minichiello et al, 1988). The Ageing and the Family Project, the Aged Care Research Group, and a number of individual scholars, were shown to have made important contributions to understanding older people and the processes of growing old in Australian society.…”

Section: Research Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%