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Understanding the intersectional stigma of ageing, disability, and place: a systematic literature mapping review

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McKee K, McCall V, Theakstone D, Wilson K, Reid L, Gilroy R, Manley D, Pearce A, Davison L, Lawrence J & Pemble A (2024) Understanding the intersectional stigma of ageing, disability, and place: a systematic literature mapping review. Housing Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673037.2024.2421844; https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2024.2421844

Abstract
Stigma is a key concept for social scientists interested in how certain groups in society are judged and treated negatively. Within housing studies this scholarship reflects longstanding interests within the discipline regarding the spatial impacts of social and urban policies on both people, and the places in which they live. We augment these debates by advocating for a more intersectional understanding of how stigma is shaped by identity. It presents findings from a systematic literature mapping review of research that has a combined focus on ageing, disability, place, and stigma across OECD countries. Given global trends around ageing populations and the impacts for health, this is an important, but often neglected aspect to stigma research. Our review highlights the advantages of combining a spatial approach to stigma with intersectional insights foregrounded in age and disability. This includes the further development of stigma as a concept from the perspective of under-represented groups: older and disabled people.

Keywords
intersectionality, discrimination, home, neighbourhoods, ageism, ableism

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StatusPublished
FundersESRC Economic and Social Research Council
Publication date11/11/2024
Publication date online11/11/2024
Date accepted by journal22/10/2024
Publisher URLhttps://www.tandfonline.com/…037.2024.2421844
ISSN0267-3037
eISSN1466-1810

People (5)

Dr Lisa Davison

Dr Lisa Davison

Research Fellow, Dementia Services Development Centre

Mrs Julia Lawrence

Mrs Julia Lawrence

Project Coordinator, Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Vikki McCall

Professor Vikki McCall

Professor of Social Policy, Housing Studies

Professor Kim McKee

Professor Kim McKee

Professor of Housing & Social Policy, Housing Studies

Ms Anna Pearce

Ms Anna Pearce

Research Assistant, Housing Studies

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Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing
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