Death and Social Policy in Challenging Times
The study of death has the capacity to bring together a range of policy areas. Yet death is often overlooked within policy debates in the UK and beyond, and within gerontology. Bringing together a range of scholars engaged in policy associated with death,
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Also by Liam Foster THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AGEING AND LATER LIFE: Critical Perspectives (with A. Walker) BEGINNING STATISTICS: An Introduction for Social Scientists (with I. Diamond and J. Jefferies)
Also by Kate Woodthorpe THE MATTER OF DEATH: Space, Place and Materiality (with J. Hockey and C. Komaromy)
Death and Social Policy in Challenging Times Edited by
Liam Foster Lecturer in Social Work, University of Sheffield, UK
Kate Woodthorpe Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Bath, UK
Selection, introduction, conclusion and editorial matter © Liam Foster and Kate Woodthorpe 2016 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2016 Foreword © Alan Walker 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-48489-5 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-55799-8 ISBN 978-1-137-48490-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137484901 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Death and social policy in challenging times / Liam Foster, Kate Woodthorpe. pages cm Includes index. 1. Death—Great Britain. 2. Older people—Government policy—Great Britain. 3. Great Britain—Social policy. I. Foster, Liam, editor. II. Woodthorpe, Kate, editor. HQ1073.5.G7D4185 2016 2015027815 304.6 40941—dc23
To Chloe, Ian and Kathy, Nick and Alex
Contents List of Figures and Tables
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Foreword by Alan Walker
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on Contributors
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1 Introduction – Why Death Matters to Policy Liam Foster and Kate Woodthorpe
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