Aging The Social Context

Name: Aging The Social Context
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ISBN: 9780761987314

ISBN-10: 0761987312

ISBN-13: 9780761987314

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Leslie A. Morgan, Suzanne Kunkel

List price: $179.00

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NEW edition! More than any other social gerontology texts available, addresses issues of diversity in aging by race, ethnicity, social class, and gender throughout. Offers a coherent narrative, organized around broad sociological themes. What integrates this text overall is the discussion of how we socially construct aging, how different societies at different times construct aging, and what those changes say about our society. Shows students that they are part of the larger social process of aging, shaped by the context in which they live - by the people, groups, agencies, and governments surrounding them. Students thus become part of the picture, rather than outsiders…

Book details

List price: $179.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/7/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 536
Size: 8.88" wide x 11.44" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English




Understanding Aging: Frames of Reference



Aging and Society



Studying Aging



Aging People in an Aging World



Dimensions of Aging



Physiology of Human Aging



Psychological Perspectives on Aging



Sociological Perspectives on Aging



Social Institutions and Aging



Aging in Families



Employment and Retirement



Economics and the Aging of Society



Health and Health Care



Politics, Government, and the Welfare State



The Future



Conclusion