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The new neighborhood senior center : redefining social and service roles for the baby boom generation /
"In 2011, seven thousand American "baby boomers" (those born between 1946 and 1964) turned sixty-five daily. As this largest U.S. generation ages, cities, municipalities, and governments at every level must grapple with the allocation of resources and funding for maintaining the quali...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The History of Senior Centers
- 2. The Case of the Center before Shuttering
- 3. Reconstructing Shuttering in a Larger Social Context
- 4. The Case of the Center as It Is Shuttered
- 5. The Organizational Embeddedness of Capital
- 6. Poor Centers
- 7. Reconceptualizing Centers
- 8. Beyond Rebranding
- Appendix A. Self-Reflection
- Appendix B: Methods
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author.