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Chapter 12, Problem 2CC-P301
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The functionalist view is seen as ignoring whether the situation the elderly are in is just, and only focusing on them leaving their active role or changing to a different role. Conflict theory is criticized for casting the elderly as victims, and ignoring the fact that the overall rate of poverty in that group is declining. A commonly theme to these criticisms is that they see the theories as being too myopic and failing to recognize the larger picture of existence for older citizens.
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