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Ageing: Key Issues for the 21st Century

Editat de Susan A. McDaniel
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 ian 2008
The study of ageing is a fundamental issue for social science. Age is seen much less as a "natural" developmental phase of life and more as a socio-cultural construct. This opens opportunities to new ways to see ageing as a social process and factor in power relations, and for examining in theory and in empirical research, the intersections of age with class, race, gender and sexuality. In four volumes this MW examines: Volume 1: Origins, Theories and Practical Concerns (Classic approaches and contemporary thinkers); Volume 2: Forms and Practice (ageing in pre-industrial societies; ageing historically; aging and identity); Volume 3: Key Dimensions (ageing and life course; ageing and work/leisure; ageing and gender; ageing and health; ageing and sexuality; ageing and family; ageing and culture/ethnicity) and Volume 4: Key Debates (theory versus practice; ageing bodies; critical gerontology
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781412935586
ISBN-10: 141293558X
Pagini: 1624
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 2.93 kg
Ediția:Four-Volume Set
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications Ltd
Seria Key Issues for the 21st Century

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Volume One: Origins, Theories and Practical Concerns
Part One: Social Sciences, Gerontology and Geriatrics
The State of Theory in Aging and the Social Sciences - Victor W Marshall
Aging as a Challenge for Sociological Theory - Martin Kohli
Part Two: Classic Approaches
Structural/Political Economy
The Political and Moral Economy of Aging: Not Such Strange Bedfellows - M Minkler and T R Cole
The Structural Dependency of the Elderly: A Creation of Social Policy in the Twentieth Century - P Townsend
Towards a Political Economy of Old Age - Alan Walker
Theory of the Third Age
The Third Age, the Fourth Age and the Future - Peter Laslett
Developmental/Role Theory/Activity and Disengagement Theory
A Personal and Social Philosophy of Old Age - R Havighurst and R Albrecht
Further Thoughts on the Theory of Disengagement - Elaine Cumming
Social Gerontology and the Age Stratification of Society - M W Riley
Biography and Life Course
Age Norms, Age Constraints and Adult Socialization - B L Neugarten, J W Moore and J C Lowe
Generational Change
The Problem of Generations - Karl Mannheim
Cultural Change
Strategic Generations: Historical Change, Literary Expression and Generational Politics - Bryan Turner
Part Three: Contemporary Thinkers
Friends or Foes: Gerontological and Feminist Theory - S Reinharz
Re-Engaging the Disengagement Theory of Aging: On the History and Assessment of Theory Development in Gerontology - W A Achenbaum and Vern L Bengston
The Invisibility of Age: Gender and Class in Later Life - Sara L Arber and Jay Ginn
Theory, Explanation and a Third Generation of Theoretical Development in Social Gerontology - Vern L Bengston, E O Burgess and T M Parrott
A Foucauldian Analysis of Old Age and the Power of Social Welfare - Simon Biggs and Jason L Powell
Feminist Gerontology and Old Men - Toni Calasanti
Old Age, Retirement and the Social Class Structure: Towards and Analysis of the Structural Dynamics of the Latter Stage of Life - Anne-Marie Guillemard
Generations and the Generation of Theory in Social Gerontology - Jon Hendricks
Later Life, Inequality and Sociological Theory - Sarah Irwin
Diversity and the State of Sociological Aging Theory - Julie Ann McMullin
Should the Economic Life Course Be Redesigned? - John F Myles and Deborah Street
Volume Two: Forms and Practice
Part One: Ageing in Pre-Industrial Societies
Aging and Modernization: A Revision of the Theory - Donald O Cowgill
Growing Old in Inuit Society - Lee Guemple
"If You Got Everything, It's Good Enough": Perspectives on Successful Aging in a Canadian Inuit Community - Peter Collings
Old Age among the Chipewyan - H S Sharp
Part Two: Ageing Historically
Old Age and Modernization - W A Achenbaum and P N Stearns
The World We Forgot: Historical Views of the Life Course - Martin Kohli
The Impact of Past Conflicts and Social Disruption in Cambodia on the Current Generation of Older Adults - Zachary Zimmer et al
Part Three: Youth and Ageing
Attitudes towards Aging: A Comparative Analysis of Young Adults from the United States and Germany - Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha et al
The Old and the Young in Modern Societies - B L Neugarten
Part Four: Images of Ageing and Ageism
Three Faces of Ageism: Society, Image and Place - K McHugh
Ageism and Ageist Language across the Life Span: Intimate Relationships and Non-Intimate Interactions - John F Nussbaum et al
What Can Homosexual Aging Studies Contribute to Theories of Aging? - John Alan Lee
Part Five: Aging and Identity
Identity Foreclosure: Women's Experiences of Widowhood as Expressed in Autobiographical Accounts - Deborah Kestin van den Hoonaard
Self, Society and the 'New Gerontology' - Martha B Holstein and Meredith Minkler
Part Six: The Very Old
Understanding the Caring Capacity of Informal Networks of Frail Seniors: A Case for Care Networks - N Keating et al
Hydra Revisited: Substituting Formal for Self- and Informal In-Home Care among Older Adults with Disabilities - M J Penning
Social Support in Later Life: A Study of Three Areas - J Phillips et al
Part Seven: Fear of Ageing
Fear of Personal Aging and Subjective Well-Being in Later Life - D L Klenmack and L L Roff
Volume Three: Key Dimensions
Part One: Ageing and Life Course
Age Differentiation and the Life Course - G H Elder, Jr.
Aging and Generational Relations: A Historical and Life Course Perspective - T K Hareven
Work and the Life-Course: A Cosmopolitan-Local Perspective - Walter R Heinz
Part Two: Ageing and Work/Leisure
Multiple Role Occupancy in Midlife: Balancing Work and Family Life in Britain - M Evandrou, K Glaser and U Henz
Midcourse: Reconfiguring Careers and Community Service for a New Life Stage - P Moen
Estimating the Influence of Health as a Risk Factor on Unemployment: A Survival Analysis of Employment Durations for Workers Surveyed in the German Socio-Economic Panel (1984-1990) - J O Arrow
The Self-Designed Career in Later Life: A Study of Older Portfolio Workers in the United Kingdom - Kerry Platman
Ageism, Age Relations and Garment Industry Workers in Montreal - Julie A McMullin and Victor W Marshall
Part Three: Ageing and Gender
Gender, Class and Income Inequalities in Later Life - Jay Ginn and Sara Arber
Women and Ageing: A Sociological Perspective - Susan A. McDaniel
The Double Standard of Aging - Susan Sontag
Part Four: Ageing and Health
Apocalypse No: Population Aging and the Future of Health Care Systems - Robert G Evans et al
Paradigms of Retirement: The Importance of Health and Ageing in the Whitehall II Study - G Mein et al
How Indicators of Socioeconomic Status Relate to Physical Functioning of Older Adults in Three Asian Societies - Zachary Zimmer et al
Part Five: Ageing and Sexuality
New Sex for Old: Lifestyle, Consumerism and the Ethics of Aging Well - Stephen Katz and Barbara Marshall
Part Six: Ageing and Family
Generational Differences and the Developmental Stake - V L Bengtson and J A Kuypers
"My Daughter Has a Career; I Just Raised Babies": The Psychological Consequences of Women's Intergenerational Social Comparisons - Debora Carr
Part Seven: Ageing and Culture/Ethnicity
Decline in Material Family Support for Older People in Urban Ghana, Africa: Understanding Processes and Causes of Change - Isabella Aboderin
What's the Latest? Cultural Age Deadlines for Family Transitions - R Settersten and G Hagestad
Living Arrangements of Elderly Chinese and Japanese in the United States - Yoshinori Kamo and Min Zhou
Race, Ethnicity and Aging: Conceptual and Methdological Issues - K Markides, J Liang and J S Jackson
Volume Four: Key Debates
Part One: Theory versus Practice
Aging Well with Friends and Family - R G Adams and R Blieszner
Disability Theory and Public Policy: Implications for Critical Gerontology - J Kennedy and M Minkler
Bridging the Knowledge Gap: From Evidence to Policy and Practice That Fosters Seniors' Independence - E Shapiro and B Havens
Who Theorizes Age? - Jaber F Gubrium and B Wallace
The Madrid International Plan of Action on Aging: From Conception to Implementation - Alexandre Sidorenko and Alan Walker
Part Two: Population Ageing Policy Challenges (or not?)
On the Demography of Aging - J S Siegel
Demographic Aging as a Guiding Paradigm in Canada's Welfare State - Susan A McDaniel
Intergenerational Transfers, Social Solidarity and Social Policy: Unanswered Questions and Policy Challenges - Susan A McDaniel
Part Three: Longevity and Extension of Life Span
The Compression of Morbidity - James F Fries
Part Four: Ageing Bodies
Older Women's Perceptions of Ideal Body Weights: The Tensions between Health and Appearance Motivations for Weight Loss - Laura Hurd Clarke
The Everyday Visibility of the Aging Body - Jaber F Gubrium and James A Holstein
Busy Bodies: Activity, Aging and the Management of Everyday Life - Stephen Katz
The Body, Gender and Age: Feminist Insights in Social Gerontology - Julia Twigg
Part Five: Critical Gerontology
the Challenge of Critical Gerontology: The Problem of Social Constitution - Jan Baars
The Globalization of Capital, the Welfare State and Old Age Policy - C L Estes and C Phillipson
Social Security Privatization and Older Women: A Feminist Political Economy Perspective - Carroll Estes
Growing Older without Aging? Positive Aging, Anti-Ageism and Anti-Aging - Stephen Katz
Civic Engagement and Older Adults: A Critical Perspective - M Martinson and M Minkler
Generationing Gender: Justice and the Division of Welfare - Susan A McDaniel
Growing Old and Resistance: Towards a New Cultural Economy of Old Age? - Emmanuelle Tulle-Winton

Descriere

This carefully selected four-volume set, compiled by Susan A. McDaniel an expert in the field for more than twenty-five years, looks at ageing through the lenses of anthropology, sociology, feminism and cultural studies, amongst others. Volume 1 reviews the origins, theories and practical concerns of gerontology and examines the ideas of several contemporary thinkers. Volume 2 considers the forms and practices that ageing take on in societies today as well as in the past. Volume 3 collects articles that see ageing as a social process that intersects with class, race, gender, and sexuality. Volume 4 discusses the key debates that currently dominate the field of gerontology.