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As our aging population grows ever larger, it is increasingly important to understand how adults age and what we can do to provide up-to-date care to ensure their well-being as an integral part of society. Leslie Morgan and Suzanne Kunkel understand that this phenomenon is about much more than just the physical or biological aspects of growing older and have put together a comprehensive text on the impact of society and sociology on the aging process. Use this text to explore the diversity of the aging population and dispel the major stereotypes surrounding the elderly. Learn about aging through all the layers of social context from family life to politics and economics. And through this approach, come to see how aging is more than just an individual process, it is a process that effects the direction of our society as a whole. For the Student:
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Instructor's Guide Now Available! An Instructor's Manual for this textbook is available for those professors who have adopted Aging, Society, and the Life Course, Third Edition and can verify a bookstore order of 7 or more copies. Please email our Marketing Department at marketing@springerpub.com if you have adopted this text as you will need a password to download the guide. Please provide the name and telephone number of the bookstore that ordered the textbooks. A print version of the Instructor's Manual is also available. |
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| Acknowledgments Preface to the Third Edition
Dimensions of Aging Ways of Categorizing People by Age The Rise of Old Age as a Social Category Social Perspectives on Aging Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion Why Do We Conduct Research? Why Do We Conduct Research on Aging? Designs and Methods Targeted to Research on Aging Applying Theory: Cohort Size and Life Chances: The Easterlin Hypotheses Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion Topical Essay: Will They Play the Rolling Stones at the Nursing Home? The Aging of Societies Applying Theory: Demographic Transition Theory Global Aging Applying Theory: Modernization Theory Demographic Characteristics of the U.S. Aging Population Interpreting and Using Demographic Data Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion Setting the Stage: Psychology of Aging Social Context and Individual Aging Analyzing Theory: The Emergence of Developmental Science Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion Topical Essay: Love, Sex, and Longevity The Family Institution Core Norms and Expectations of Family Relationships Applying Theory: Family Life Cycle Theory and Individual Dependency in the Family Social Changes and the Family's Future Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion Families as Personal Network Versus Public Institution Key Familial Roles and Relationships Families as Caregivers Applying Theory: Exchange Theory and Family Caregiving Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion Topical Essay: Ironies of Crime: Silver-Haired Victims and Criminals Employment as an Organizing Force in the Life Course Employment and Life Chances Productive Aging: Expanding Our Definitions of Work The Occupational Life Cycle Older Workers and the Dynamics of the Labor Force Applying Theory: Rocking Chairs or Rock Climbing: Disengagement and Activity Theories Age Discrimination in Employment: Problems and Policies Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion Defining Retirement The Social Construction of Retirement Theoretical Perspectives on Contemporary Retirement The Role of Social Security The Role of Employer Pensions Trends in Retirement Individual Retirement Rethinking Retirement for the Future Applying Theory: Continuity Theory and the "Busy Ethic" Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion Topical Essay: E-Elders The Role of Economics in Aging Economic Well-Being and Inequality among Older People Applying Theory: The Stratefied Life Course and Economic Diversity Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion Physical Aging The Health Status of Older People Mental Health and Aging Explaining Gender and Race Variation in Health Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussions Topical Essay: Anti-Aging, Cosmetics and Aesthetics The Medical Model of Health Care Elements of the Health Care System Applying Theory: Political Economy of Health Care Access Long-Term Care in the United States Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion Age-Based Government Policies Aging and Politics Applying Theory: Age Stratification Theory Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion Aging in a Changing Social World Future Cohorts of Older People Challenges and Opportunities for the Field Summary Web Wise Key Terms Questions for Thought and Discussion References Index | |||||||||
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Leslie A. Morgan, PhD, is Associate Dean at the Erickson School of Aging Studies, Codirector of the Gerontology Doctoral Program, and Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Universitiy of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. Morgan has 27 years of experience in teaching and research in aging and has published on a variety of topics, from economic well-being and family relationships to assisted living. She has authored or coauthored three books and numerous articles. Dr. Morgan has been principal or coprincipal investigator on several NIH-funded studies of life in assisted living, examining the quality of resident experience and transitions among residents.
Suzanne R. Kunkel, PhD , is the director of Scripps Gerontology Center and Professor in the Department of Sociology and Gerontology at Miami University. Dr. Kunkel has 20 years of experience in research and teaching in gerontology. She is the recipient of the 2006 Outstanding Gerontology Educator Award from the Ohio Association of Gerontology in Higher Education. She has authored or coauthored more than 35 articles, book chapters, and research monographs, and has recently co-edited, with Valerie Wellin, Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care (Springer Publishing Company, 2006). Her research focuses primarily on demography of aging, health and disability, and innovations and quality in long-term care systems. | |||||||||
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