Social Problems Across the Life Course

by Lopata, Helena Z.; Levy, Judith A.; Adler, Patricia A.; Adler, Peter; Bowditch, Christine; Cahill, Spencer E.; Goldenberg, Sheldon; Granfield, Robert; Koenig, Thomas; Luria, Zella; Maticka-Tyndale, Eleanor; Martin, Susan E.; McCrea, Frances B.; Meyer, Mad

• ISBN13: 9780742528345
• ISBN10: 0742528340
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-09
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The human life course is filled with and subject to a wide range of personal difficulties, many of which are shared by others. Social Problems across the Life Course offers accessible readings that examine the societal construction of social problems out of the personal troubles that people confront at major life stages.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
PART I: INTRODUCTION	1	(10)
1 The Construction of Social Problems across the Life Course	3	(8)
Helena Z. Lopata and Judith A. Levy
PART II: SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDHOOD	11	(38)
2 Childhood and Public Life: Reaffirming Biographical Divisions	15	(16)
Spencer E. Cahill
3 Sexuality and Gender in Children's Daily Worlds	31	(18)
Barrie Thorne and Zella Luria
PART III: SOCIALIZATION AND EDUCATION	49	(44)
4 Getting Rid of Troublemakers: High School Disciplinary Procedures and the Production of Dropouts	53	(20)
Christine Bowditch
5 Learning Collective Eminence: Harvard Law School and the Social Production of Elite Lawyers	73	(20)
Robert Granheld and Thomas Koenig
PART IV: ADOLESCENCE AND YOUNG ADULTHOOD	93	(44)
6 From Empty Nest to Crowded Nest: The Dynamics of Incompletely Launched Young Adults	97	(22)
Allan Schnaiberg and Sheldon Goldenberg
7 Social Construction of HIV Transmission and Prevention among Heterosexual Young Adults	119	(18)
Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
PART V: MARRIAGE AND FAMILIES	137	(40)
8 Thinking about the Baby: Gender and Divisions of Infant Care	141	(20)
Susan Walzer
9 Contributions to Children by Divorced Fathers	161	(16)
Jay D. Teachman
PART VI: CAREERS	177	(44)
10 "Outsider within" the Station House: The Impact of Race and Gender on Black Women Police	181	(22)
Susan E. Martin
11 Shifts and Oscillations in Deviant Careers: The Case of Upper-Level Drug Dealers and Smugglers	203	(18)
Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler
PART VII: AGING AND DYING	221	(68)
12 The Politics of Menopause: The "Discovery" of a Deficiency Disease	227	(16)
Frances B. McCrea
13 Family Status and Poverty among Older Women: The Gendered Distribution of Retirement Income in the United States	243	(16)
Madonna Harrington Meyer
14 Failing Health and the Desire for Independence: Two Conflicting Aspects of Health Care in Old Age	259	(14)
David L. Morgan
15 Death and Personal History: Strategies of Identity Preservation	273	(16)
David R. Unruh
PART VIII: CONCLUSIONS	289	(8)
16 Final Constructions: A Review of Differing Perspectives and Solutions	291	(6)
Helena Z. Lopata and Judith A. Levy
Source List	297	(4)
Index	301	(8)
About the Editors	309