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Informationen zum Autor Dale Dannefer is the Selah Chamberlain Professor of Sociology and Chair Department of Sociology at Case Western University in Ohio. Chris Phillipson is Professor of Applied Social Studies and Social Gerontology at Keele University. Klappentext "This SAGE Handbook integrates basic research on social dimensions of aging. It presents programmatic applications of research in areas not often seen in Handbooks including imprisonment, technology and aging, urban society aged, and elderly migration. The authors constitute a Who's Who of international gerontology, and the focus on globalization and aging is unique among Handbooks today. This Handbook should be in the library of every social gerontologist."- Vern L. Bengtson, Professor of Gerontology, University of Southern CaliforniaThis 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. The Handbook is organized into five parts, each exploring different aspects of research into social aspects of ageing: Disciplinary overviews: summaries of findings from key disciplinary areas within social gerontology. Social relationships and social differences: explores area like social inequality, gender, religion, inter-generational ties, social networks, and friendships. Individual characteristics and change in later life: examines different aspects of individual aging, including self and identity, cognitive processes, and bio-social interactions and their impact on physical and psychological aging. Comparative perspectives and cultural innovations: topics include ageing and development, ageing in a global context, migration, and cross-cultural perspectives on grandparenthood. Policy issues: covering policy concerns such aslong-term care, technology and older people, end of life issues, work and retirement, and the politics of old age. This will be essential reading for all students, researchers and policy-makers concerned with the major issues influencing the lives of older people across the globe. This popular and critically acclaimed Handbook is now available in paperback. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: FUNDAMENTAL AND DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON AGEING 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 PART TWO: AGEING AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE 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 PART THREE: AGEING AND INDIVIDUAL CHANGE Age, Self and Identity in the Global Century -...
