Handbook of aging and the social sciences / edited by Linda K. George, Kenneth F. Ferraro.
George, Linda, editor.; Ferraro, Kenneth F., editor.
2015
HQ1061 .H336 2015eb
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Title Handbook of aging and the social sciences / edited by Linda K. George, Kenneth F. Ferraro.
Edition Eighth edition.
ISBN 9781785396922 (electronic book)
1785396927
9780124172852 (electronic book)
9780124172357
Published Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2015.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 531 pages) : illustrations
Call Number HQ1061 .H336 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 612.67
305.26
Summary 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.
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Dedication
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
About the editors
Part 1. Theory and methods: Chapter 1. Age, the life course, and the sociological imagination: prospects for theory; Chapter 2. Aging, cohorts, and methods
Part 2. Aging and social structure: Chapter 3. Demography and aging; Chapter 4. Trends in longevity and prospects for the future; Chapter 5. Disability, functioning, and aging; Chapter 6. Global aging; Chapter 7. Racial and ethnic influences over the life course; Chapter 8. Stratification and inequality over the life course
Part 3. Social factors and social institutions: Chapter 9. Health disparities among older adults: life course influences and policy solutions; Chapter 10. Molecular genetics, aging, and well-being: sensitive period, accumulation, and pathway models; Chapter 11. Social factors, depression, and aging; Chapter 12. Aging, inheritance, and gift-giving; Chapter 13. Economic status of the aged in the United States; Chapter 14. Employment and aging; Chapter 15. The changing residential environments of older people; Chapter 16. Civic engagement and aging; Chapter 17. Late-life death and dying in 21st-century America
Part 4. Aging and society: Chapter 18. The political economy of pension reform in Europe; Chapter 19. Politics and aging in the United States; Chapter 20. The future of retirement security; Chapter 21. Organization and financing of health care; Chapter 22. Long-term care financing, service delivery, and quality assurance: the international experience; Chapter 23. Gender, aging, and social policy; Chapter 24. Aging and social intervention: life course perspectives; Chapter 25. Fiscal implications of population aging.

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