Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences
552
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences
552eBook
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Overview
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition, presents the extraordinary growth of research on aging individuals, populations, and the dynamic culmination of the life course, providing a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the social sciences of aging.
As the complexities of population dynamics, cohort succession, and policy changes modify the world and its inhabitants in ways that must be vigilantly monitored so that aging research remains relevant and accurate, this completely revised edition not only includes the foundational, classic themes of aging research, but also a rich array of emerging topics and perspectives that advance the field in exciting ways.
New topics include families, immigration, social factors, and cognition, caregiving, neighborhoods, and built environments, natural disasters, religion and health, and sexual behavior, amongst others.
- Covers the key areas in sociological gerontology research in one volume, with an 80% update of the material
- Headed up by returning editor Linda K. George, and new editor Kenneth Ferraro, highly respected voices and researchers within the sociology of aging discipline
- Assists basic researchers in keeping abreast of research and clinical findings
- Includes theory and methods, aging and social structure, social factors and social institutions, and aging and society
- Serves as a useful resource—an inspiration to those searching for ways to contribute to the aging enterprise, and a tribute to the rich bodies of scholarship that comprise aging research in the social sciences
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780124172852 |
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| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| Publication date: | 08/18/2015 |
| Series: | Handbooks of Aging |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 552 |
| File size: | 4 MB |
About the Author
Kenneth F. Ferraro is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and founding Director of the Center on Aging and the Life Course at Purdue University. He is the author of over 120 peer-reviewed articles in prominent journals in sociology, gerontology, and public health. He has written two books, including The Gerontological Imagination: An Integrative Paradigm of Aging (Oxford University Press), and edited four editions of Gerontology: Perspectives and Issues. Ferraro’s recent research focuses on health inequality over the life course, including the early origins of adult health, stress, and health disparities. With interests in how stratification processes unfold over the life course, he developed cumulative inequality theory for the study of human development, aging, and health. A fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), Ferraro formerly edited Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences and chaired the Behavioral and Social Sciences section of GSA. He also is a member of the honorary Sociological Research Association and former chair of the Section on Aging and Life Course of the American Sociological Association (ASA). GSA has honored Professor Ferraro with the Distinguished Mentor Award and twice for both the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award and the Best Paper Award for Theoretical Developments in Social Gerontology. ASA honors from the Section on Aging and the Life Course include Outstanding Publication Award and Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award.
Table of Contents
Foreword Preface
Section I: Theory and Methods
Chapter 1 – Aging and the Social Sciences: Progress and Prospects Linda K. George and Kenneth F. Ferraro
Chapter 2 – Trajectory Models for Aging Research Scott M. Lynch and Miles G. Taylor
Section II: Social Structures and Processes
Chapter 3 – Biodemography: Adding Biological Insight into Social, Economic, and Psychological Models of Population and Individual Health Change with Age Eileen M. Crimmins and Sarinnapha M. Vasunilashorn
Chapter 4 – Late-Life Disability Trends and Trajectories Douglas Wolf
Chapter 5 – Early Life Origins of Adult Health and Aging Diana Kuh and Yoav Ven-Shlomo
Chapter 6 – Racial and Ethnic Inequalities in Health Jacqueline L. Angel, Stipica Mudrazija, and Rebecca Benson
Chapter 7 – Immigration, Aging, and the Life Course Judith Treas and Zoya Gubernskaya
Chapter 8 – Gender, Time Use, and Aging Liana C. Sayer, Vicki A. Freedman, and Suzanne M. Bianchi
Chapter 9 – Social Networks in Later Life Benjamin Cornwell and Markus H. Schafer
Section III: Social Factors and Social Institutions
Chapter 10 – Stability, Change, and Complexity in Later-Life Families J. Jill Suitor, Megan Gilligan, and Karl Pillemer
Chapter 11 – The Influence of Military Service on Aging Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London
Chapter 12 – Religion, Health, and Aging Neal Krause and R. David Hayward
Chapter 13 – Evolving Patterns of Work and Retirement Kevin E. Cahill, Michael D. Giandrea, and Joseph F. Quinn
Chapter 14 – Productive Engagement in Later Life Nancy Morrow-Howell and Emily A. Greenfield
Chapter 15 – Aging, Neighborhoods, and the Built Environment Carol S. Aneshensel, Frederick Harig, and Richard G. Wight
Chapter 16 – Abusive Relationships in Late Life Karen A. Roberto
Chapter 17 – The Impact of Disasters: Implications for the Well-Being of Older Adults Lisa M. Brown and Kathryn A. Frahm
Chapter 18 – End-of-Life Planning and Health Care Deborah Carr and Elizabeth Luth
Section IV – Aging and Society
Chapter 19 – Organization and Financing of Health Care Marilyn Moon
Chapter 20 – Innovations in Long-Term Care Joseph E. Gaugler
Chapter 21 – Politics and Policies of Aging in the United States Robert B. Hudson
Chapter 22 – The Future of Retirement Security in Comparative Perspective John B. Williamson and Daniel Béland
Chapter 23 – Health Inequalities Among Older Adults in Developed Countries: Reconciling Theories and Policy Approaches Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Andrea Willson, and Sandra Reiter-Campeau
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