Ageism and Intersectionality

by Alan S. Gutterman

Overview

Subgroups of older persons benefit from the protection included in human rights instruments that have been created to address the rights of vulnerable groups of which an older person is a member; however, it has been argued by the proponents of a new international human rights instrument devoted to the human rights of older persons that it is necessary to recognize and address the distinctive challenges faced by all members of that group including discrimination, poverty caused by various age-related factors and violence and abuse, and ensure the guarantee of rights of older persons in relation to their physical and mental health.  While recognition of the specific human rights of older persons is laudable, albeit very difficult to achieve in practice, it is not as simple as that.  In fact, "older persons" are a heterogeneous group spanning a range of chronological ages and socio-economic contexts and including members who are simultaneously exposed to the challenges faced by other vulnerable groups based on gender, race and disabled status.  As such, there is room for the use of a tool that has come to be called "intersectionality", which takes into account that an individual's identity has many dimensions that do not exist in isolation and work collectively to affect individual experiences and behaviors in relation to inequality, injustice, exploitation, and oppression.  This book begins with a brief overview of intersectionality and then turns to a series of discussions about members of the larger group of older persons in their dual roles as members of other vulnerable groups defined by dimensions such as gender, disability, race and ethnicity, indigenous status, socioeconomic status, immigrant status and sexual orientation and gender identity.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940166371317
Publisher:	Ageism Project
Publication date:	02/03/2022
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	210,932
File size:	279 KB

About the Author

This book was written by Alan S. Gutterman, whose prolific output of practical guidance for legal and financial professionals, entrepreneurs and investors has made him one of the best-selling individual authors in the global legal publishing marketplace.  His cornerstone work, Business Transactions Solution, is an online-only product available and featured on Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw, the world’s largest legal content platform, which includes almost 200 book-length modules covering the entire lifecycle of a business.  Alan has also authored or edited over 100 books on sustainable entrepreneurship, leadership and management, business transactions, international business and technology management for a number of publishers including Thomson Reuters, Practical Law, Kluwer, Oxford, Quorum, ABA Press, Aspen, Euromoney, Business Expert Press, Harvard Business Publishing and BNA.  Alan has extensive experience as a partner and senior counsel with internationally recognized law firms counseling small and large business enterprises in the areas of general corporate and securities matters, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, international law and transactions and strategic business alliances, and has also held senior management positions with several technology-based businesses including service as the chief legal officer of a leading international distributor of IT products headquartered in Silicon Valley and as the chief operating officer of an emerging broadband media company.  He has been an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, including Berkeley Law, Santa Clara University and the University of San Francisco, teaching classes on corporate finance, venture capital and law and economic development,  He has also launched and oversees projects relating to sustainable entrepreneurship and ageism.  He received his A.B., M.B.A., and J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, a D.B.A. from Golden Gate University, and a Ph. D. from the University of Cambridge.  For more information about Alan and his activities, please contact him directly at [e-mail], follow him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alangutterman/) and visit his website at alangutterman.com.