Human Development and the Life Course: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

by Aage B. Sorensen (Editor), Franz E. Weinert (Editor), Lonnie R. Sherrod (Editor)

Overview

First published in 1986. This volume addresses the strengths and limitations of a life-course perspective on human development. The life-course perspective has been variously described as offering a paradigmatic shift in conceptions of human development or as laying the foundation for a new discipline. More modestly, the perspective has been described as primarily an approach to guide research rather than a theory containing specific propositions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898596649
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/1986
Series:	Multidisiciplinary Perspectives Ser.
Pages:	628
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)

About the Author

AAGE B. SORENSEN, Harvard University. FRANZ E. WEINERT, Max Planck Institute for Pychological Research, Munich. LONNIE R. SHERROD, Social Science Research Council.

Table of Contents

Contributors, Preface, PART I BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES, PART II SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTWES, PART III PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES, PART IV EPILOGUE, Author Index, Subject Index