1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480909503321

Titolo

Handbook of aging and the social sciences [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Robert H. Binstock and Linda K. George ; associate editors, Stephen J. Cutler, Jon Hendricks, and James H. Schulz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/AP, 2011

ISBN

1-78539-692-7

1-282-95478-4

9786612954788

1-78034-251-9

0-12-380881-2

Edizione

[7th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 p.)

Collana

Handbooks of aging

Altri autori (Persone)

BinstockRobert H

GeorgeLinda K

Disciplina

305.26

Soggetti

Aging - Social aspects

Gerontology

Life change events in old age

Older people - Care

Older people - Social conditions - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; About the Editors; Part 1: Theory and Methods; Chapter 1. Age, the Life Course, and the Sociological Imagination: Prospects for Theory; INTRODUCTION: AGE, LIFE COURSE, AND SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION; THE EMERGENCE OF THE LIFE COURSE IN THE STUDY OF AGE; BIOGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE: TWO PARADIGMS OF LIFE COURSE SCHOLARSHIP; STRATEGIES OF EXPLANATION; THE BIOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE; SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORIES OF AGE AND THE LIFE COURSE AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION

SUMMARY: AGE AND THE REACH OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL



IMAGINATIONACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Aging, Cohorts, and Methods; INTRODUCTION; EARLY LITERATURE; NEW DEVELOPMENTS: MODELS, METHODS, AND SUBSTANTIVE RESEARCH; DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH; REFERENCES; Part 2: Aging and Social Structure; Chapter 3. Demography and Aging; INTRODUCTION; POPULATION AGING TRENDS AND UNDERLYING DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE; ALTERNATIVE INDICATORS OF POPULATION AGING; DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF POPULATION AGING; POLICY RESPONSES RELATED TO DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY IS NOT DESTINY; REFERENCES

Chapter 4. Trends in Longevity and Prospects for the FutureINTRODUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRANSITION; FROM VOLATILITY TO STABILITY IN OUTER REGIONS OF THE LIFESPAN; THE BIOLOGY OF LIFE AND DEATH; FUTURISTS, OPTIMISTS, AND REALISTS; LONGEVITY/MORTALITY "SHOCKS"; THE FUTURE OF HUMAN LONGEVITY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Disability, Functioning, and Aging; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING AND MEASURING DISABILITY; THE DEMOGRAPHY OF LATE-LIFE DISABILITY; POPULATION TRENDS IN LATE-LIFE DISABILITY; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Global Aging; INTRODUCTION

GLOBAL AGING AND HEALTHWORK, RETIREMENT, AND WEALTH ACCUMULATION IN AN AGING WORLD; FAMILIES, LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, AND INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS; GLOBAL AGING, POPULATION WELL-BEING, AND FUTURE RESEARCH; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Racial and Ethnic Influences Over the Life Course; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN SOCIOECONOMIC AND HEALTH STATUSES: UNEQUAL TREATMENT AND UNEQUAL OUTCOMES; OBSERVED DIFFERENCES IN AGING AMONG RACE AND ETHNIC GROUPS: MULTIPLE AND INTERSECTING CAUSATION; BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES ON RACE CATEGORIZATION

THE LAW OF SMALL EFFECTSAGE, PERIOD, AND COHORT INFLUENCES ON RACE AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN AGING: DEFINING THE SOCIAL GROUP; LIFE COURSE, COHORT, AND PERIOD PERSPECTIVES ON RACE AND ETHNIC GROUP DIFFERENCES: THINKING ABOUT THE RACE AND ETHNIC GROUP LIFE COURSE; ELIMINATING RACE AND ETHNIC-BASED AGING DISPARITIES OVER THE LIFE COURSE: ARE THERE CRITICAL POINTS OF INTERVENTION?; CONCLUSIONS: HOW SOCIAL GROUP DESIGNATIONS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY BECOME PHYSICAL REALITIES - A BIO-PSYCHOSOCIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL FRAMEWORK; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 8. Stratification and Inequality Over the Life Course

Sommario/riassunto

The Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, 7e, summarizes the research literature on the social aspects of aging. The 7e 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 revised handbook will cover theory and methods, aging and social structure, social factors and social institutions, and aging and society.Contains all the main areas of social science gerontological research in one volumeBegins with a section on theory and methodsEdited by one of the



2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002290959707536

Autore

Brown, Frank Edward

Titolo

Cosa / by Frank Edward Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rome : American Academy in Rome, 1951-1960

Descrizione fisica

2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Soggetti

Scavi archeologici - Ansedonia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

1 : History and topography / by Frank Edward Brown. - Rome : American Academy in Rome, 1951. - 113 p. : ill. ; 31 cm (Memoirs of the american Academy in Rome, v. 20) ;

2 : The temples of the arx : architecture / by Frank Edward Brown. - Rome : American Academy in Rome, 1960. - 145 p. : ill. ; 31 cm (Memoirs of the american Academy in Rome, v. 26).



3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00506854

Autore

Vaisse, Justin

Titolo

Neoconservatism : the biography of a movement / Justin Vaisse ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. ; London, : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010

ISBN

978-06-7406-070-8

Descrizione fisica

366 p. ; 25 cm.

Soggetti

Neoconservatorismo - Stati Uniti d'America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910476930003321

Titolo

Community-Based Urban Violence Prevention : Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region / Kosta Mathéy, Silvia Matuk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2014

ISBN

9783839429907

3839429900

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Urban Studies

Classificazione

MS 1750

Disciplina

303.6

Soggetti

Urbanism

Violence

Peacebuilding

Safety

Community

GLOBUS

City

Urban Studies

Sociology of Crime

Sociology



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

i Contents    v Preface    1 Introduction    6 Violence, Cities, and Prevention: A Conceptual Framework for Reducing Violence in the Urban Realm    24 Ethnopolitics, Fear and Safety in a Johannesburg Neighbourhood    42 Land Transformation and Criminal Violence in Dandora Neighbourhood, Nairobi, Kenya    62 Communities and the Prevention of Crime and Violence in Douala, Cameroon    78 "There is no Justice in Guinea-Bissau" Strategies of Preventing, Handling, and Aggravating Conflicts in Local Dispute Settlement    98 Urban Violence and the Chinese State in the Post-Mao Reform    118 Local Civil Society and the New Puzzle of Violence in Central America    128 Meanings and Practices of Non-violence    150 Integrated Urban Upgrading and Violence Prevention in San Salvador Results of an Impact Evaluation    164 Drug-Related Violence in Mexico: State and Community Responses. A qualitative Approach    182 Youth as Key Actors in the Social Prevention of Violence    202 Overcoming the Invisible Boundaries of an Informal Neighborhood: A Youth Initiative in Itagüi, Colombia    222 Targeting Adolescence Vandalism in a Refugee Camp    234 Religious Procession as a Mediator for Social Intimacy: Building Communal Harmony in Dharavi after the 1992 Mumbai Riot    268 Violence and the Enchantment of Everyday Life in Johannesburg: Preliminary Insights    280 Embracing the Complexity of Community Safety Challenges    294 The Contributors    307

Sommario/riassunto

Urban violence has become a major threat in big cities of the world. Where the orthodox protection through the police and individual target hardening remain inefficient, the population must organize itself.This book contains first-hand accounts on a selection of the most innovative experiences in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab region and is of interest likewise for academics and urban practitioners, policy makers, international cooperation experts or travelers preparing a visit of one of the affected countries.With a preface by Caroline Moser.

»The edited collection of 15 case studies shows the need for more holistic understandings that account for the multifaceted and interrelated nature of (urban) violence.«

Reviewed in:www.friedensnews.at, 11.01.2015, Andreas Hermann LandlEnvironment & Urbanization, 2 (2015), Mara Evangelina FilippiWissenschaft & Frieden, 1 (2015)

Reviewed in:Environment & Urbanization, 2 (2015), Mara Evangelina Filippi