Global Aging - Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course

"Global Aging is distinguished by its unique perspective on universal similarities and sociocultural differences across nations. Fully revised, updated, and reorganized, the second edition presents-comprehensive coverage of major topics in social gerontology, expands its treatment of health behavior, health care, families, caregiving, older workers, and retirement. It delivers new information on living environments, religious beliefs and practices; environmental threats; cross-cultural views of dementia; ageism in advertising; age-friendly communities; global immigration and cultural assimilation, and end-of-life caregiving, to name a few. The second edition also offers additional case studies, first-person narratives and focused essays to enhance core material and a greater number of non-Western contributors. The topical essays reflect changing mores and current issues affecting societies and the aging experience. Discussion questions conclude each chapter"--

List of contents

Contents
Contributors
Preface
List of Countries
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1.Our Aging World
2.The Study of Global Aging
3.Demographic Perspectives on an Aging World
4.Aging Environments
5.Health Patterns and Behavior
6.Health Care Systems
7.Long-Term Services and Supports
8.Older Workers
9.Retirement and Pensions
10.Families
11.Caregiving
12.World Religions and Aging
13.Global Aging and Global Leadership
Index

About the author

Frank J. Whittington, PhD, is professor emeritus of gerontology, Department of Social Work, at George Mason University, and professor emeritus of sociology at Georgia State University (GSU), where he was both a faculty member (1973-95) and director (1995-2008) of the Gerontology Institute.

Product details

• Authors: Kate De Medeiros, Suzanne R. Kunkel, Kate De Medeiros, Phd, Frank J Whittington, Frank J. Whittington
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780826162533
• ISBN: 978-0-8261-6253-3
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 254 mm x 178 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 804 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Globalisierung, Bevölkerung und Demographie, Sociology, Politik und Staat, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology