The volume calls for a deeper understanding of ageing in society. It begins with theories on gerontology and the way the aged can benefit from them. Based on a field study involving the elderly from different castes and religious groups in rural and urban areas, it points out that religion, community and institutional stay have a direct correlation with the empowerment and disempowerment process of the aged. Further, the process is related to one’s personality, social relations and foresight for advance planning. With case studies, it shows the need for empowering the aged. It is especially concerned with the family care and institutional care of the elderly.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR L. Thara Bhai
Dr. L. Thara Bhai currently Coordinator, School of Social Sciences, Head the Department of Sociology, Madurai Kamaraj University secured her M.A. in Sociology in 1972 and Ph.D. in 1976 from the University of Kerala. She has 32 years of research experience and 30 years of teaching experience. She did her postdoctoral work in the area of Women in New Professions at the University of Auburn, Alabama in 1989-90. She is an internationally reputed scholar in the field of Sociology and Women's Studies. She was the Visiting Professor to the University of Helsinki in 1996. She is the member of National and International Sociological associations. She was in the Editorial Board of the Journal of Contemporary Religion. She is the convener of the Research Committee on Religion and Society of Indian Sociological Society. Dr. Thara Bhai has to her credit five books and more than 35 articles in both international and national journals. He recognition of Dr. L. Thara Bhai's outstanding work in the area of Social Change and Women's Empowerment the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology has conferred her with the Tamil Nadu Scientist Award in the field of Social Sciences for the year 2003. She had visited several foreign countries. At present she is involved in research activities in the areas like Women's Studies, Social Change and Development, Rural Development, Social Gerontology.
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