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Author Morgan, Leslie A

Title Aging, society, and the life course / Leslie A. Morgan and Suzanne R. Kunkel
Edition 4th ed
Published New York : Springer Pub., ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 353 pages) : illustrations
Contents Aging and society -- Studying aging -- An aging world : demographic perspectives -- The aging individual in social context -- Aging and the family : personal and institutional contexts -- Work and retirement in the life course -- Economics and the aging of society -- Aging and health : Individuals, institutions, and policies -- Politics, government, and aging in America -- Global aging -- Baby boomers and the changing landscape of aging -- The dynamics of aging in our future
Summary This is a comprehensive textbook for both undergraduate and graduate level courses, detailing the impact of societal forces on the aging process. The book focuses on the diversity of the older population, examining it from micro/macro perspectives in order to understand aging and the life course as social phenomena. This latest edition examines significant changes in the field of social gerontology, such as the paradigms of aging and the life course, the baby boomer cohorts as they approach retirement and later life, the growing interest in global aging, and civic engagement. This text encourages students to examine aging from personal, familial, community, societal and global perspectives, including both the positive and negative realities of aging
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-343) and index
Notes English
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Subject Older people -- United States.
Aging -- United States
Gerontology -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging.
Aging
Gerontology
Older people
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Kunkel, Suzanne
Morgan, Leslie A. Aging
LC no. 2011002333
ISBN 9780826119384
0826119387
1283019329
9781283019323
9786613019325
6613019321