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The change in the status of older people in Korea in terms of ageism
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연령주의(Ageism) 관점을 통한 노년의 이해

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Korean Social History Association 사회와역사 사회와역사 제82호
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2009.1
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361 - 391 (31page)

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Ageism has been discussed so far as an important issue related to the social perspective toward aging. Ageism functions as an ideology to justify social inequality which enables the society to exclude a group of certain age from social opportunities and resources on purpose on the basis of chronological age. Ageism is working in many aspects of older people’s lives and how it works determines status change of older people. The way ageism functions, therefore, represents changes in the lives of older people in society. In the discussion of ageism in western society, industrialization has been pointed out as the main factor which decided ageism and status of older people. As modernization progresses, especially, it is reported that overall status of older people has been downgraded. In this context, investigating how ageism, as an important social phenomenon of the elderly group, is working in Korea will be the most pivotal research in gerontology, since Korea has experienced the powerful impact of industrialization and modernization through its long established Confucian and patriarchal family system. Furthermore, by examining the change in the status of older people in Korea in terms of ageism, we can understand the two fold structure related to the dominant inequality in Korean society. It is also necessary to conduct in-depth study on how various factors concerning ageism, identified from previous researches, are structured in reality and working with existing social characteristics in Korean society.

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