Barusch, A: Social Forces and Aging

PartOne:SETTINGTHESTAGE.1.TheScopeofSocialGerontology.WhatisGerontology?WhatisHumanAging?DefiningtheAgingandtheOlderPopulations.SocialGerontologyisaUniqueFieldofStudy.SocialPolicyIssues.ProfessionalPractice.CareersintheFieldofAging.Summary.2.TheDemographyofAging.MeasuringAgeStructure.GrowthoftheolderPopulation.CompositionoftheOlderPopulation.GeographicDistributionoftheOlderPopulation.LivingArrangements.PopulationProcessesandtheOlderPopulation.Summary.3.TheHistoryofAginginAmerica.ModernizationTheory.AginginColonialAmerica.FromtheRevolutiontotheCivilWar,TheBeginningofIndustrialization.CivilWarto1900.1900to1929.TheGreatDepression.1942to1965.1965to1980.The1980's.Modernization.TheoryRevisited.Summary.PartTwo:BASICASPECTSOFINDIVIDUALAGING.4.PhysicalAging.WhyWeGrowOlder.PhysicalConsequencesofAging.Summary.5.PsychologicalAspectsofAging.AgingandSpecificPsychologicalFunctions.AdultDevelopment:Personality,Self,andLifeStructure.MentalDisorders.Summary.6.SocialAspectsofIndividualAging.DefiningSocialAging,SocialRoles.TheCulturalLifeCourse.SocializationandAcculturation.RoleAnticipationandAdaptation.SocialFactorsinIndividualDevelopment.AgingandChangesinSocialContext.Lifestyles.Summary.7.PersonalAdaptationtoAging.WhatisAdaptation?GeneralWaystoAdapt.SpecificAdaptations.EscapeRatherThanAdaptation.EffectiveAdaptation.Summary.PartThree:AGINGINDOMAINSOFEVERYDAYLIFE.8.Family,Friends,andSocialSupport.TypesofBonding.Family.Friends.SocialSupport.Summary.9.EmploymentandRetirement.MidlifeCareerChanges.EmploymentProblemsofOlderWorkers.BridgestoRetirement.Retirement.TheRetirementProcess.EffectsofRetirementsonIndividuals.Summary.10.ActivitiesandLifestyles.ConceptsAboutActivities.ActivitiesinMiddleAdulthood.AgingandChangesinActivities.SpheresofActivity.WhatActivitiesareDesirableforOlderPeople?Summary.11.ReligionandSpirituality.ConceptsandLanguage.OrganizedReligion.AttendingReligiousServices.InformalReligiousBehavior.SubjectiveElementsofReligionandSpirituality.ConceptionsforSpiritualDevelopment.EffectsofReligionandSpirituality.ResearchIssues.Summary.12.Dying,Death,Bereavement,andWidowhood.DefiningDeath.DealingwithDying.Bereavement.DeathofaSpouse.Summary.PartFour:AGINGAFFECTSNEEDSANDRESOURCES.13.IncomeandHousing.Income.Housing.Summary.14.HealthandLong-TermCare.HealthCare,HealthCareNeeds.Long-TermCare,RegulationofHealthandLong-TermCare.Summary.15.CommunitySocialServices.CommunityFacilitiesThatServeOlderPeople.Services.TheOrganizationandFinancingofSocialServices.Summary.PartFive:AGINGANDSOCIETY.16.AginginContemporaryAmericaSocietyandCulture.TheNatureofSocietyandCulture.IdeasAboutAging.Language.AgePrejudiceandDiscrimination.SocietalDisengagement.AgeStratification.Ethics.Law,andAging.Summary.17.SocialInequality.SocialClass.DimensionsofDisadvantage.Race.Ethnicity.Gender.MultipleJeopardy.Summary.18.TheEconomy.EconomicIdeology.EconomicStructure.TheEconomicFunctionsofRetirement.TheEconomicsofRetirementIncome.RetirementIncomeintheFuture.PrivateEnterpriseandtheAgingProblem.AgingPeopleasConsumers.EconomicExploitationofElders.Summary.19.PoliticsandGovernment.Overview.PoliticalActivity.PoliticalInfluence.GovernmentResponsetoIssuesConcerningAging.MakingPolicy.Summary.20.Epilogue:AgingandtheFuture.DirectionsofSocialChange.Demographiccluestothefuture.TheFutureofPsychologicalAging.TheFutureofSocialAging.Society'sFuturesResponse.TheFutureofSocialGerontology.Summary.Glossary.Bibliography.Index.