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| Contributors | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Editors | |
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| Theory and Methods | |
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| Age, the Life Course, and the Sociological Imagination: Prospects for Theory | |
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| Aging, Cohorts, and Methods | |
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| Aging and Social Structure | |
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| Demography and Aging | |
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| Trends in Longevity and Prospects for the Future | |
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| Disability, Functioning, and Aging | |
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| Global Aging | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Influences Over the Life Course | |
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| Stratification and Inequality Over the Life Course | |
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| Social Factors and Social Institutions | |
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| Health Disparities Among Older Adults: Life Course Influences and Policy Solutions | |
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| Molecular Genetics, Aging, and Well-being: Sensitive Period, Accumulation, and Pathway Models | |
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| Social Factors, Depression, and Aging | |
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| Aging, Inheritance, and Gift-Giving | |
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| Economic Status of the Aged in the United States | |
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| Employment and Aging | |
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| The Changing Residential Environments of Older People | |
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| Civic Engagement and Aging | |
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| Late-Life Death and Dying in 21st-Century America | |
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| Aging and Society | |
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| The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Europe | |
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| Politics and Aging in the United States | |
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| The Future of Retirement Security | |
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| Organization and Financing of Health Care | |
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| Long-Term Care Financing, Service Delivery, and Quality Assurance: The International Experience | |
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| Gender, Aging, and Social Policy | |
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| Aging and Social Intervention: Life Course Perspectives | |
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| Fiscal Implications of Population Aging | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |