age inequality

• functionalism


  Parsons – organic analogy

  Eisenstadt- new social rules brought with different different ages. For example, middle-age brings marriage.

  Cumming & Henry- old, functional and disengagement theory
• Marxism


  Castles & Kosack- reserve army of labour or young who are under 14 used as cheap labour and old, who are 65+

  Townsend- political economy theory where in capitalist society they replace old with the new young workers

  Gramsci- false consciousness
• feminism


  Arber & Ginn- elders are a burden

  Itzin- women’s double standard
• Interactionism


  Becker- labelling theory
• Weberianism


  Mckingsley- status decreases as age increases

  Parkin- elderly, invisible

  Turner- stigmatised

  Hockey & James- work
• post modernism


  Laczko & Phillipson- wealth equals inequality, old

  Blaikie- positive ageism
• functionalism


  Davis, and moore
• marxism


  Hall
• weberianism


  Barron and Norris

  Weber – status

  Weber – party