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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/AP, 2011
• Edizione: 7th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (407 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.26
• Soggetto topico: Aging - Social aspects; Gerontology; Life change events in old age; Older people - Care; Older people - Social conditions - 21st century
• Altri autori: BinstockRobert H GeorgeLinda K
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of aging and the social sciences
• ISBN: 1-78539-692-7; 1-282-95478-4; 9786612954788; 1-78034-251-9; 0-12-380881-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817294703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Handbooks of aging.