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The Sage handbook of social gerontology [electronic resource] / edited by Dale Dannefer and Chris Phillipson.

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This volume reflects the emergence of ageing as a global concern, including chapters by international scholars from Asia, Australasia, Europe and North America. It provides a comprehensive overview of key trends and issues in the field, drawing upon the full range of social science disciplines.

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Online Access: Full Text (via SAGE)
Other Authors: Phillipson, Chris, Dannefer, Dale
Other title:Handbook of social gerontology.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE, 2010.
Subjects:
Social gerontology.
Aging > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • The Study of the Life Course: Implications for Social Gerontology / Dale Dannefer and Richard A. Settersten, Jr.
  • Past as Prologue: Toward a Global History of Ageing / W. Andrew Achenbaum
  • The Economics of Ageing / James H. Schulz
  • Social Anthropology and Ageing / Christine L. Fry
  • The Demography of Ageing Christina Victor Epidemiology of Ageing / Dawn Alley and Eileen Crimmins
  • Disability and Ageing: The Social Construction of Causality / Jessica Kelley-Moore Environmental
  • Perspectives on Ageing / Hans-Werner Wahl and Frank Oswald
  • Age and Inequality in Global Context / Angela M. O'Rand, Katelin Isaacs, and Leslie Roth
  • Gender and Ageing in the Context of Globalization / Toni Calasanti
  • Ageing and Health among Hispanics/Latinos in the Americas / Kyriakos Markides, Jennifer Salinas, and Rebecca Wong
  • Religion and Age / Peter G. Coleman
  • Intergenerational Relationships of International Migrants in Developed Nations: The United States and France / Merril Silverstein and Claudine Attias-Donfut
  • Family and Age in a Global Perspective / Ariela Lowenstein and Ruth Katz
  • Intergenerational Relations: Asian Perspectives / Leng Leng Thang
  • Societal Dynamics in Personal Networks / Theo van Tilburg and Fleur Thomése
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Ageing: Shattering Myths, Capturing Lives / Dana Rosenfeld
  • Friendship and Ageing Graham Allan
  • Age, Self and Identity in the Global Century / Jon Hendricks
  • Social Structure, Cognition and Ageing / Duane F. Alwin
  • Stress and Agentic Ageing: A Targeted Adaptation Model Focused on Cancer / Eva Kahana and Boaz Kahana
  • Agency and Social Structure in Ageing and Life Course Research / Victor W. Marshall and Philippa J. Clarke
  • Age, Experience and the Beginning of Wisdom / Monika Ardelt
  • Loneliness and Ageing: Comparative Perspectives / Marja Jylhä and Marja Saarenheimo.
  • Biosocial Interactions in the Construction of Late-life Health Status / Kathryn Z. Douthit and Andre Marquis
  • Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Social and Cultural Context / Danny George and Peter Whitehouse
  • Socio-cultural Perspectives on Ageing Bodies / Stephen Katz
  • Time and Ageing: Enduring and Emerging Issues / Jan Baars
  • Ageing and International Development / Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
  • Migration and Age / Tony Warnes
  • Global Ageing: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa / Isabella Aboderin
  • Population Ageing and Old-age Insurance in China / Zeng Yi and Linda K. George
  • Ageing in a Global Context: the Asia-Pacific Region / David R Phillips, Alfred C.M. Chan, and Sheung-Tak Cheng
  • The Significance of Grandparents to Grandchildren: An International Perspective / Peter Uhlenberg and Michelle Cheuk
  • A Social View on Healthy Ageing: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives and Australian Evidence / H. Kendig and C. Browning
  • Social Dimensions of Anti-ageing Science and Medicine / Robert H. Binstock and Jennifer R. Fishman
  • The New Ageing Enterprise / Harry R. Moody
  • Social Policies for Ageing Societies: Perspectives from Europe / Thomas Scharf
  • Globalization, Social Policy and Ageing: A North American Perspective / Carroll L. Estes and Steven P. Wallace
  • Social Policies for Ageing Societies: Australasian Perspectives / Michael Fine and Sally Keeling
  • Cross-National Trends in Work and Retirement / Philip Taylor
  • Continuous and Long-term Care: European Perspectives / Caroline Glendinning Long-term Care in China and Japan / Yun Zhou and Yuzhi Liu
  • Ageing and Quality of Life in Europe / Alan Walker
  • Later Life and Imprisonment / Azrini Wahidin and Ronald H. Aday
  • Ageing and Urban Society: Growing Old in the 'Century of the City' / Chris Phillipson
  • Technology and Older People / Claudine McCreadie
  • End-of-Life Issues Liz Lloyd Ethics and Old Age: The Second Generation / Martha Holstein
  • The Politics of Ageing / Susan A. MacManus with the assistance of Andrea L. Polk and David J. Bonanza.

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