| Edition |
Seventh edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
Handbooks of aging |
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Handbooks of aging.
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| Note |
Previous ed.: 2006. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| Subject |
Gerontology.
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Older people -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Aging -- Social aspects.
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Life change events in old age.
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Older people -- Care.
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Aged.
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Aging.
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Life Change Events.
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Social Sciences.
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| Added Author |
Binstock, Robert H.
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George, Linda K.
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| ISBN |
9780123808806 paperback |
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0123808804 paperback |
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