Handbook of aging and the social sciences /
The Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Seventh Edition summarizes the research literature on the social aspects of aging. The Seventh Edition will have 88% new material and authors with 25 chapters: 22 of the chapters will be on completely new topics. Separated into four sections, the fully...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
2011
Amsterdam ; Boston : 2011 |
| Edition: | 7th ed |
| Series: | Handbooks of aging
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1 Theory and methods
- Age, the life course, and the sociological imagination: prospects for theory / Dale Dannefer
- Aging, cohorts, and methods / Yang Yang
- Aging and social structure / Demography and aging / Linda G. Martin
- Trends in longevity and prospects for the future / S. Jay Olshansky
- Disability, functioning, and aging / Vicki A. Freedman
- Global aging / Elizabeth Frankenberg ; Duncan Thomas
- Racial and ethnic influences over the life course / James S. Jackson ; Ishtar O. Govia ; Sherrill L. Sellers
- Stratification and inequality over the life course / Scott M. Lynch ; J. Scott Brown
- Part 3 Social factors and social institutions
- Health disparities among older adults: life course influences and policy solutions / Pamela Herd ; Stephanie A. Robert ; James S. House
- Molecular genetics, aging, and well-being: sensitive period, accumulation, and pathway models / Michael J. Shanahan ; Scott M. Hofer
- Social factors, depression, and aging / Linda K. George
- Economic status of the aged in the United States / Virgnia P. Reno ; Ben Veghte
- Employment and aging / Sara E. Rix
- The changing residential environments of older people / Stephen M. Golant
- Civic engagement and aging / Stephen J. Cutler ; Jon Hendricks ; Greg O'Neill
- Late-life death and dying in 21st-century America / Deborah T. Gold
- Part 1 Theory and methods
- Age, the life course, and the sociological imagination: prospects for theory / Dale Dannefer
- Aging, cohorts, and methods / Yang Yang
- Aging and social structure / Demography and aging / Linda G. Martin
- Trends in longevity and prospects for the future / S. Jay Olshansky
- Disability, functioning, and aging / Vicki A. Freedman
- Global aging / Elizabeth Frankenberg ; Duncan Thomas
- Racial and ethnic influences over the life course / James S. Jackson ; Ishtar O. Govia ; Sherrill L. Sellers
- Stratification and inequality over the life course / Scott M. Lynch ; J. Scott Brown
- Part 3 Social factors and social institutions
- Health disparities among older adults: life course influences and policy solutions / Pamela Herd ; Stephanie A. Robert ; James S. House
- Molecular genetics, aging, and well-being: sensitive period, accumulation, and pathway models / Michael J. Shanahan ; Scott M. Hofer
- Social factors, depression, and aging / Linda K. George
- Economic status of the aged in the United States / Virgnia P. Reno ; Ben Veghte
- Employment and aging / Sara E. Rix
- The changing residential environments of older people / Stephen M. Golant
- Civic engagement and aging / Stephen J. Cutler ; Jon Hendricks ; Greg O'Neill
- Late-life death and dying in 21st-century America / Deborah T. Gold
- Part 4 Aging and society
- The political economy of pension reform in Europe / Martin Kohli ; Camila Arza
- Politics and aging in the United States / Andrea L. Campbell ; Robert H. Binstock
- The future of retirement security / John B. Williamson
- Organization and financing of health care / Marilyn Moon
- Long-term care financing, service delivery, and quality assurance: the international experience / Joshua M. Wiener
- Gender, aging, and social policy / Madonna Harrington Meyer ; Wendy M. Parker
- Aging and social intervention: life course perspectives / Lisa F. Berkman ; Karen A. Ertel ; Maria M. Glymour
- Fiscal implications of population aging / John Gist