Aging and the Life Course An Introduction to Social Gerontology

Name: Aging and the Life Course An Introduction to Social Gerontology
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ISBN: 9780073528229

ISBN-10: 0073528226

ISBN-13: 9780073528229

Edition: 5th 2011

Authors: Jill Quadagno

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This groundbreaking text is the first to take a life course perspective, examining the relationship between the quality of one's life in old age and ones experiences, earlier choices, opportunities, and constraints. The text gives students a broad background for understanding current policy debates through a distinctive chapter entitled "Old Age and the Welfare State" (Chapter 11) and through boxed essays in every chapter called "An Issue for Public Policy." Each chapter also includes a box called "In Their Own Words" that allows older people to describe their own experiences. In addition, coverage of race, class, gender, and culture is integrated throughout and featured in the "Diversity…

Book details

List price: $246.67
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 1/13/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English




Defining the Field



The Field of Social Gerontology



Life Course Transitions



Theories of Aging



Demography of Aging



Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Aging



Old Age and the Welfare State



Biological Perspectives on Aging



Psychological Perspectives on Aging



Social Aspects of Aging



Family Relationships and Social Support Systems



Living Arrangements



Work and Retirement



Health Aspects of Later Life



Health and Health Care



Caring for the Frail Elderly



Death, Dying and Bereavement



Aging and Society



The Economics of Aging



Poverty and Inequality



The Politics of Aging