@article{8996eeca4fb44c6593cbf2faa93d8f0d,
title = "Active Ageing and Social Services: The Paradox of Empowerment in Russia",
abstract = "The essay describes the adoption of an active ageing policy framework in Russia. Based on semi-structured interviews with elderly Russians, the essay provides evidence of confusion and uncertainty on how to perceive one's own ageing. Research participants understood that the 'paternalistic' view of old age as a time of troubles was now largely viewed as obsolete, yet the new 'optimistic' view of old age as a time of freedom and opportunities often did not reflect their experiences. This mismatch in discourses and practices reflects how participatory empowerment rhetoric, which promotes active ageing, is becoming a justification for more modest state social service provision.",
keywords = "CARE",
author = "D. Prisiazhniuk and A. Holavins",
note = "Funding Information: T he role of elderly people in society has been changeable and fluid throughout time and space. One of the main trends in postindustrial societies is a more inclusive view of older people. This means that attitudes towards the elderly as passive beneficiaries are being replaced by a discourse of seeing older age as a continuation of adulthood, with the ability and opportunity to maintain the same level of participation. In accordance with the United Nations Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing (UN ), the elderly are invited and expected to keep being active in social, economic and cultural spheres. This rhetoric and a corresponding ageing policy framework, called {\textquoteleft}active ageing{\textquoteright}, have been adopted and supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the European Union (EU) and other international actors. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 University of Glasgow.",
year = "2023",
month = feb,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1080/09668136.2022.2094341",
language = "English",
volume = "75",
pages = "309--329",
journal = "Europe-Asia Studies",
issn = "0966-8136",
publisher = "Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group",
number = "2",
}