Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences
Editors: George, Linda and Kenneth Ferraro
Publication Year: 2015
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-0-12-417235-7
Category: Social Sciences
Image Count:
28
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This updated edition presents the latest research available on aging individuals, populations, and the dynamic culmination of the life course, providing a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the social sciences of aging that is of particular interest to scientists and researchers in a broad array of specialties
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Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- I THEORY AND METHODS
- 1. Aging and the Social Sciences: Progress and Prospects
- 2. Trajectory Models for Aging Research
- II SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES
- 3. Biodemography: Adding Biological Insight into Social, Economic, and Psychological Models of Population and Individual Health Change with Age
- 4. Late-Life Disability Trends and Trajectories
- 5. Early Life Origins of Adult Health and Aging
- 6. Racial and Ethnic Inequalities in Health
- 7. Immigration, Aging, and the Life Course
- 8. Gender, Time Use, and Aging
- 9. Social Networks in Later Life
- III SOCIAL FACTORS AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
- 10. Stability, Change, and Complexity in Later-Life Families
- 11. The Influence of Military Service on Aging
- 12. Religion, Health, and Aging
- 13. Evolving Patterns of Work and Retirement
- 14. Productive Engagement in Later Life
- 15. Aging, Neighborhoods, and the Built Environment
- 16. Abusive Relationships in Late Life
- 17. The Impact of Disasters: Implications for the Well-Being of Older Adults
- 18. End-of-Life Planning and Health Care
- IV AGING AND SOCIETY
- 19. Organization and Financing of Health Care
- 20. Innovations in Long-Term Care
- Politics and Policies of Aging in the United States
- The Future of Retirement Security in Comparative Perspective
- Health Inequalities Among Older Adults in Developed Countries: Reconciling Theories and Policy Approaches