Aging: The Social Context / Edition 2

by Leslie A. Morgan, Suzanne Kunkel

Overview

NEW edition! More than any other social gerontology texts available, addresses issues of diversity in aging by race, ethnicity, social class, and gender throughout.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761987314
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/07/2001
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	536
Product dimensions:	7.38(w) x 9.12(h) x (d)

About the Author

Leslie Morgan is Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She has authored or co-authored three previous books and has also published over 30 articles and book chapters. Her research has focused on a variety of issues related to the aging of the population and issues confronting older persons, including widowhood, economic well-being, family relationships, and housing alternatives.

Suzanne Kunkel is Director of the Scripps Gerontology Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Miami University. She has published more than 25 articles, research monographs, and book chapters, primarily in the areas of the measurement of health and projections of health care needs for the older population. She is currently Past President of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.

Table of Contents

PART I. UNDERSTANDING AGING: FRAMES OF REFERENCE
1. Aging and Society
2. Studying Aging
3. Aging People in an Aging World
PART II. DIMENSIONS OF AGING
4. Physiology of Human Aging
5. Psychological Perspectives on Aging
6. Sociological Perspectives on Aging
PART III. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND AGING
7. Aging in Families
8. Employment and Retirement
9. Economics and the Aging of Society
10. Health and Health Care
11. Politics, Government, and the Welfare State
PART IV. THE FUTURE
12. Conclusion