Ageing

by Susan McDaniel

• ISBN13: 9781412935586
• ISBN10: 141293558X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-06
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

This carefully selected four-volume set, compiled by Susan A. McDaniel an expert in the field for more than twenty-five years, looks at ageing through the lenses of anthropology, sociology, feminism and cultural studies, amongst others. Volume 1 reviews the origins, theories and practical concerns of gerontology and examines the ideas of several contemporary thinkers. Volume 2 considers the forms and practices that ageing take on in societies today as well as in the past. Volume 3 collects articles that see ageing as a social process that intersects with class, race, gender, and sexuality. Volume 4 discusses the key debates that currently dominate the field of gerontology. 

Table of Contents

Origins, Theories and Practical Concerns Social Sciences, Gerontology and Geriatrics The State of Theory in Aging and the Social Sciences

Aging as a Challenge for Sociological Theory

Classic Approaches The Political and Moral Economy of Aging

Not Such Strange Bedfellows

The Structural Dependency of the Elderly

A Creation of Social Policy in the Twentieth Century Towards a Political Economy of Old Age

Theory of the Third Age The Third Age, the Fourth Age and the Future

Developmental//Role Theory//Activity and Disengagement Theory A Personal and Social Philosophy of Old Age

Further Thoughts on the Theory of Disengagement

Social Gerontology and the Age Stratification of Society

Biography and Life Course Age Norms, Age Constraints and Adult Socialization

Generational Change

The Problem of Generations

Cultural Change Strategic Generations

Historical Change, Literary Expression and Generational Politics Contemporary Thinkers Friends or Foes

Gerontological and Feminist Theory Re-Engaging the Disengagement Theory of Aging

On the History and Assessment of Theory Development in Gerontology The Invisibility of Age

Gender and Class in Later Life Theory, Explanation and a Third Generation of Theoretical Development in Social Gerontology

A Foucauldian Analysis of Old Age and the Power of Social Welfare

Feminist Gerontology and Old Men

Continues from Volume One Contemporary Thinkers Old Age, Retirement and the Social Class Structure

Guillemard Towards and Analysis of the Structural Dynamics of the Latter Stage of Life Generations and the Generation of Theory in Social Gerontology

Later Life, Inequality and Sociological Theory

Diversity and the State of Sociological Aging Theory

Should the Economic Life Course Be Redesigned?

Street

Forms and Practice Ageing in Pre-Industrial Societies Aging and Modernization

A Revision of the Theory Growing Old in Inuit Society

If You Got Everything, It's Good Enough

Perspectives on Successful Aging in a Canadian Inuit Community Old Age among the Chipewyan

Ageing Historically Old Age and Modernization

The World We Forgot

The Impact of Past Conflicts and Social Disruption in Cambodia on the Current Generation of Older Adults

Youth and Ageing Attitudes towards Aging

A Comparative Analysis of Young Adults from the United States and Germany

The Old and the Young in Modern Societies

Images of Ageing and Ageism Three Faces of Ageism

Society, Image and Place Ageism and Ageist Language across the Life Span

Intimate Relationships and Non-Intimate Interactions

What Can Homosexual Aging Studies Contribute to Theories of Aging?

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