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: 9780742528352
• ISBN10: 0742528359
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-03
• 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
Introduction	p. 1
The Construction of Social Problems across the Life Course	p. 3
Social Problems in Childhood	p. 11
Childhood and Public Life: Reaffirming Biographical Divisions	p. 15
Sexuality and Gender in Children's Daily Worlds	p. 31
Socialization and Education	p. 49
Getting Rid of Troublemakers: High School Disciplinary Procedures and the Production of Dropouts	p. 53
Learning Collective Eminence: Harvard Law School and the Social Production of Elite Lawyers	p. 73
Adolescence and Young Adulthood	p. 93
From Empty Nest to Crowded Nest: The Dynamics of Incompletely Launched Young Adults	p. 97
Social Construction of HIV Transmission and Prevention among Heterosexual Young Adults	p. 119
Marriage and Families	p. 137
Thinking about the Baby: Gender and Divisions of Infant Care	p. 141
Contributions to Children by Divorced Fathers	p. 161
Careers	p. 177
"Outsider within" the Station House: The Impact of Race and Gender on Black Women Police	p. 181
Shifts and Oscillations in Deviant Careers: The Case of Upper-Level Drug Dealers and Smugglers	p. 203
Aging and Dying	p. 221
The Politics of Menopause: The "Discovery" of a Deficiency Disease	p. 227
Family Status and Poverty among Older Women: The Gendered Distribution of Retirement Income in the United States	p. 243
Failing Health and the Desire for Independence: Two Conflicting Aspects of Health Care in Old Age	p. 259
Death and Personal History: Strategies of Identity Preservation	p. 273
Conclusions	p. 289
Final Constructions: A Review of Differing Perspectives and Solutions	p. 291
Source List	p. 297
Index	p. 301
About the Editors	p. 309
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