The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology
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The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology

  1. 712 pages
  2. English
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The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology

About this book

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:
  • Disciplinary overviews: summaries of findings from key disciplinary areas within social gerontology.
  • Social relationships and social differences: explores area like social inequality, gender, religion, inter-generational ties, social networks, and friendships.
  • Individual characteristics and change in later life: examines different aspects of individual aging, including self and identity, cognitive processes, and bio-social interactions and their impact on physical and psychological aging.
  • Comparative perspectives and cultural innovations: topics include ageing and development, ageing in a global context, migration, and cross-cultural perspectives on grandparenthood.
  • Policy issues: covering policy concerns such aslong-term care, technology and older people, end of life issues, work and retirement, and the politics of old age.

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Notes on Contributors
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. SECTION 1 - Fundamental and Disciplinary Perspectives on Ageing
  7. 1 The Study of the Life Course: Implications for Social Gerontology
  8. 2 Past as Prologue: Toward a Global History of Ageing
  9. 3 The Economics of Ageing
  10. 4 Social Anthropology and Ageing
  11. 5 The Demography of Ageing
  12. 6 Epidemiology of Ageing
  13. 7 Disability and Ageing: The Social Construction of Causality
  14. 8 Environmental Perspectives on Ageing
  15. SECTION 2 - Ageing and Social Structure
  16. 9 Age and Inequality in Global Context
  17. 10 Gender and Ageing in the Context of Globalization
  18. 11 Ageing and Health Among Hispanics/Latinos in the Americas
  19. 12 Religion and Age
  20. 13 Intergenerational Relationships of International Migrants in Developed Nations: The United States and France
  21. 14 Family and Age in a Global Perspective
  22. 15 Intergenerational Relations: Asian Perspectives
  23. 16 Societal Dynamics in Personal Networks
  24. 17 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Ageing: Shattering Myths, Capturing Lives
  25. 18 Friendship and Ageing
  26. SECTION 3 - Ageing and Individual Change
  27. 19 Age, Self, and Identity in the Global Century
  28. 20 Social Structure, Cognition and Ageing
  29. 21 Stress and Agentic Ageing: A Targeted Adaptation Model Focused on Cancer
  30. 22 Agency and Social Structure in Aging and Life-course Research
  31. 23 Age, Experience, and the Beginning of Wisdom
  32. 24 Loneliness and Ageing: Comparative Perspectives
  33. 25 Biosocial Interactions in the Construction of Late-lifeHealth Status
  34. 26 Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Social and Cultural Context
  35. 27 Sociocultural Perspectives on Ageing Bodies
  36. 28 Time and Ageing: Enduring and Emerging Issues
  37. SECTION 4 - Ageing, Culture, and Development
  38. 29 Ageing and International Development
  39. 30 Migration and Age
  40. 31 Global Ageing: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa
  41. 32 Population Ageing and Old-age Insurance in China
  42. 33 Ageing in a Global Context:The Asia-Pacific Region
  43. 34 The Significance of Grandparents to Grandchildren: An International Perspective
  44. 35 A Social View on Healthy Ageing: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives and Australian Evidence
  45. 36 Social Dimensions of Anti-ageing Science and Medicine
  46. 37 The New Ageing Enterprise
  47. SECTION 5 - Ageing and Social Policy
  48. 38 Social Policies for Ageing Societies: Perspectives from Europe
  49. 39 Globalization, Social Policy, and Ageing: A North American Perspective
  50. 40 Social Policies for Ageing Societies: Australasian Perspectives
  51. 41Cross-National Trends in Work and Retirement
  52. 42 Continuous and Long-term Care: European Perspectives
  53. 43 Long-term Care in China and Japan
  54. 44 Ageing and Quality of Life in Europe
  55. 45 Later Life and Imprisonment
  56. 46 Ageing and Urban Society: Growing Old in the‘Century of the City’
  57. 47 Technology and Older People
  58. 48 End-of-Life Issues
  59. 49 Ethics and Old Age:The Second Generation
  60. 50 The Politics of Ageing
  61. Author Index
  62. Subject Index