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Opening With An Examination Of What Elder Abuse Is, Amanda Phelan Sets It In A Theoretical Context And Looks At Assessment And Approaches To The Issue In Residential And Community Care Environments. The Book Then Presents A Range Of Country Studies, Which Provide An Overview Of The Context Of Elder Abuse In The Country And A Discussion Of Related Policy, Legislation, Research And Practice. Countries Covered Include Ireland, United Kingdom, Spain, China, Australia, Kenya, Israel, Canada And The United States, Whilst A Regional Chapter Looks At South America. A Concluding Chapter Draws Together Cross-cultural Comparisons And Provides Some Guidance As To Best Practice--publisher's Website. Introduction -- Foucault: The Flexible Critique Of Welfare -- Goffman: Interaction And Identity Negotiations -- Bourdieu: Field, Symbolic Violence And Domination -- Luhmann: Welfare In Communicative Systems -- Neo-institutional Theory: Myths And Legitimacy -- Risk Theory: Normality, Deviation And Neo-liberalism -- Transcending The Approaches. Edited By Amanda Phelan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.