All Outputs (2)

Controlling active ageing: a study of social imaginaries of older people in Chile (2019)
Journal Article
Meersohn Schmidt, C., & Yang, K. (2020). Controlling active ageing: a study of social imaginaries of older people in Chile. Ageing & Society, 40(7), 1428-1454. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x18001733

A key issue in understanding the social lives of older people is how active they are in coping with the demands of ageing. Often the ‘successfulness’ of ageing is measured with medical and biological criteria. While the notion of ‘active ageing’ is m... Read More about Controlling active ageing: a study of social imaginaries of older people in Chile.

Power and Counter-Power: Knowledge Structure and the Limits of Control (2018)
Journal Article
David, M., & Meersohn Schmidt, C. (2019). Power and Counter-Power: Knowledge Structure and the Limits of Control. Sociological Research Online, 24(1), 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/1360780418797717

In this article, we explore Susan Strange’s multidimensional and non-reductive international political economy (IPE) approach to structural power. Strange’s key weakness is the failure to account for her knowledge structure’s regulative form relative... Read More about Power and Counter-Power: Knowledge Structure and the Limits of Control.