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From Conceptual Gaps to Policy Dialogue : Conceptual Approaches to Disability and Old Age in Ageing Research and Disability Studies (2024)

Era, S., Katsui, H., & Kröger, T. (2024). From Conceptual Gaps to Policy Dialogue : Conceptual Approaches to Disability and Old Age in Ageing Research and Disability Studies. Social Policy and Society, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746424000058

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All authors or editors: Era, Salla; Katsui, Hisayo; Kröger, Teppo

Journal or series: Social Policy and Society

ISSN: 1474-7464

eISSN: 1475-3073

Publication year: 2024

Publication date: 08/03/2024

Volume: Early online

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746424000058

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/93976

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the conceptual approaches to disability and ageing in two leading social scientific journals (Ageing & Society [AS] and Disability & Society [DS]) of the research fields that form the bases of policies on disability and ageing. This study aimed to identify the journals’ trajectories of conceptual development and their differences, and through that, find possible pathways for further interaction between the yet largely separate policy frameworks for disability and ageing. Our analysis showed considerable differences between the conceptual approaches of the two journals, with the dominant approach in DS being sociomaterial and individual-functional in AS. We conclude this paper by identifying the conceptual gaps in the respective journals, suggesting a further collaboration between the approaches in research as well as policies. These gaps could be potentially narrowed, leading to a constructive dialogue on older disabled people.

Keywords: ageing; older people; disabilities; old age

Free keywords: ageing; disability; impairment; old age; conceptual

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