@article{752271,
      recid = {752271},
      author = {Shanahan, Michael J., and Mortimer, Jeylan T., and  Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick,},
      title = {Handbook of the life course., Volume II [electronic  resource] /},
      pages = {1 online resource (x, 720 pages) :},
      abstract = {Building on the success of the 2003 Handbook of the Life  Course, this second volume identifies future directions for  life course research and policy. The introductory essay and  the chapters that make up the five sections of this book  show consensus on strategic ℓ́ℓnext stepsℓ́ℓ in life course  studies. These next steps are explored in detail in each  section: Section I, on life course theory, provides fresh  perspectives on well-established topics, including cohorts,  life stages, and legal and regulatory contexts. It  challenges life course scholars to move beyond common  individualistic paradigms. Section II highlights changes in  major institutional and organizational contexts of the life  course. It draws on conceptual advances and recent  empirical findings to identify promising avenues for  research that illuminate the interplay between structure  and agency. It examines trends in family, school, and  workplace, as well as contexts that deserve heightened  attention, including the military, the criminal justice  system, and natural and man-made disaster. The remaining  three sections consider advances and suggest strategic  opportunities in the study of health and development  throughout the life course; methodological innovations,  including qualitative and three-generational longitudinal  research designs, causal analysis, growth curves, and the  study of place; and building bridges between life course  research and public policy.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/752271},
}