The SAGE Handbook of Social GerontologyDale Dannefer, Chris Phillipson 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 California 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. The Handbook is organized into five parts, each exploring different aspects of research into social aspects of ageing:
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. |
Contents
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5 The Demography of Ageing | 61 |
6 Epidemiology of Ageing | 75 |
The Social Construction of Causality | 96 |
8 Environmental Perspectives on Ageing | 111 |
Enduring and Emerging Issues | 367 |
SECTION 4 Ageing Culture and Development | 377 |
29 Ageing and International Development | 379 |
30 Migration and Age | 389 |
Perspectives from SubSaharan Africa | 405 |
32 Population Ageing and Oldage Insurance in China | 420 |
The AsiaPacific Region | 430 |
An International Perspective | 447 |
SECTION 2 Ageing and Social Structure | 125 |
9 Age and Inequality in Global Context | 127 |
10 Gender and Ageing in the Context of Globalization | 137 |
11 Ageing and Health Among HispanicsLatinos in the Americas | 150 |
12 Religion and Age | 164 |
The United States and France | 177 |
14 Family and Age in a Global Perspective | 190 |
Asian Perspectives | 202 |
16 Societal Dynamics in Personal Networks | 215 |
Shattering Myths Capturing Lives | 226 |
18 Friendship and Ageing | 239 |
SECTION 3 Ageing and Individual Change | 249 |
19 Age Self and Identity in the Global Century | 251 |
20 Social Structure Cognition and Ageing | 265 |
A Targeted Adaptation Model Focused on Cancer | 280 |
22 Agency and Social Structure in Aging and Lifecourse Research | 294 |
23 Age Experience and the Beginning of Wisdom | 306 |
Comparative Perspectives | 317 |
25 Biosocial Interactions in the Construction of LatelifeHealth Status | 329 |
26 Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Social and Cultural Context | 343 |
27 Sociocultural Perspectives on Ageing Bodies | 357 |
Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Australian Evidence | 459 |
36 Social Dimensions of Antiageing Science and Medicine | 472 |
37 The New Ageing Enterprise | 483 |
SECTION 5 Ageing and Social Policy | 495 |
Perspectives from Europe | 497 |
A North American Perspective | 513 |
Australasian Perspectives | 525 |
41CrossNational Trends in Work and Retirement | 540 |
European Perspectives | 551 |
43 Longterm Care in China and Japan | 563 |
44 Ageing and Quality of Life in Europe | 573 |
45 Later Life and Imprisonment | 587 |
Growing Old in theCentury of the City | 597 |
47 Technology and Older People | 607 |
48 EndofLife Issues | 618 |
The Second Generation | 630 |
50 The Politics of Ageing | 641 |
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