Age Structuring In Comparative Perspective

Author : David I. Kertzer,K. Warner Schaie
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134740253

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Age Structuring in Comparative Perspective by David I. Kertzer,K. Warner Schaie Pdf

This volume studies age as a basis for social organization by uniting research from the social science disciplines while implementing both cross-cultural and historical perspectives. The contributors, a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars, advance our understanding of age structuring by relating the changing societal level processes and individual aging experiences, and examining retirement practices, age and power in society, and cultural conceptions of age.

Author : David I. Kertzer,K. Warner Schaie
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134740185

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Age Structuring in Comparative Perspective by David I. Kertzer,K. Warner Schaie Pdf

This volume studies age as a basis for social organization by uniting research from the social science disciplines while implementing both cross-cultural and historical perspectives. The contributors, a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars, advance our understanding of age structuring by relating the changing societal level processes and individual aging experiences, and examining retirement practices, age and power in society, and cultural conceptions of age.

Author : John B. Williamson,Fred C. Pampel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1993-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780195361698

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Old-Age Security in Comparative Perspective by John B. Williamson,Fred C. Pampel Pdf

This work makes extensive use of seven well-developed historical case studies describing the evolution of public old-age security in industrial nations (Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States) and developing nations (Brazil, Nigeria, and India). The authors focus on specifying contexts in which general theoretical perspectives can be used to account for these developments. One of the few studies which integrates historical and quantitative data, this accessible work will prove helpful to students and researchers of the welfare state, aging policy, and comparative sociology.

Author : Tamara K. Hareven
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110875522

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Aging and Generational Relations over the Life Course by Tamara K. Hareven Pdf

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Author : Kathleen A. Cagney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Home care services
ISBN : UCBK:C082525274

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Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Family Structure by Kathleen A. Cagney Pdf

Author : Ian Shapiro
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300089082

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Democratic Justice by Ian Shapiro Pdf

Democracy and justice are often mutually antagonistic ideas, but in this innovative book Ian Shapiro shows how and why they should be pursued together. Justice must be sought democratically if it is to garner legitimacy in the modern world, he claims, and democracy must be justice-promoting if it is to sustain allegiance over time. Democratic Justice meets these criteria, offering an attractive vision of a practical path to a better future. Wherever power is exercised in human affairs, Shapiro argues, the lack of democracy will be experienced as injustice. The challenge is to democratize social relations so as to diminish injustice, but to do this in ways that are compatible with people's values and goals. Shapiro shows how this can be done in different phases of the human life cycle, from childhood through the adult worlds of work and domestic life, retirement, old age, and approaching death. He spells out the implications for pressing debates about authority over children, the law of marriage and divorce, population control, governing the firm, basic income guarantees, health insurance, retirement policies, and decisions made by and for the infirm elderly. This refreshing encounter between political philosophy and practical politics will interest all those who aspire to bequeath a more just world to our children than the one we have inherited.

Author : Merril Silverstein PhD,Vern L. Bengtson PhD,Norella Putney PhD,Daphna Gans PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 082611234X

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Handbook of Theories of Aging, Second Edition by Merril Silverstein PhD,Vern L. Bengtson PhD,Norella Putney PhD,Daphna Gans PhD Pdf

The field of gerontology has often been criticized for being "data-rich but theory-poor." The editors of this book address this issue by stressing the importance of theory in gerontology. While the previous edition focused on multidisciplinary approaches to aging theory, this new edition provides cross-disciplinary, integrative explanations of aging theory: The contributors of this text have reached beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries to partner with researchers in adjacent fields in studying aging and age-related phenomena. This edition of the Handbook consists of 39 chapters written by 67 internationally recognized experts in the field of aging. It is organized in seven sections, reflecting the major theoretical developments in gerontology over the past 10 years. Special Features: Comprehensive coverage of aging theory, focusing on the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging A section dedicated to discussing how aging theory informs public policy A concluding chapter summarizing the major themes of aging, and offering predictions about the future of theory development Required reading for graduate students and post doctoral fellows, this textbook represents the current status of theoretical development in the study of aging.

Author : K Warner Schaie,Sherry L. Willis
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780123808837

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Handbook of the Psychology of Aging by K Warner Schaie,Sherry L. Willis Pdf

The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Seventh Edition, provides a basic reference source on the behavioral processes of aging for researchers, graduate students, and professionals. It also provides perspectives on the behavioral science of aging for researchers and professionals from other disciplines. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews key methodological and analytical issues in aging research. It examines some of the major historical influences that might provide explanatory mechanisms for a better understanding of cohort and period differences in psychological aging processes. Part 2 includes chapters that discuss the basics and nuances of executive function; the history of the morphometric research on normal brain aging; and the neural changes that occur in the brain with aging. Part 3 deals with the social and health aspects of aging. It covers the beliefs that individuals have about how much they can control various outcomes in their life; the impact of stress on health and aging; and the interrelationships between health disparities, social class, and aging. Part 4 discusses the emotional aspects of aging; family caregiving; and mental disorders and legal capacities in older adults. Contains all the main areas of psychological gerontological research in one volume Entire section on neuroscience and aging Begins with a section on theory and methods Edited by one of the father of gerontology (Schaie) and contributors represent top scholars in gerontology

Author : Paul Johnson,Pat Thane
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134711246

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Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity by Paul Johnson,Pat Thane Pdf

Based on themes such as status and welfare, Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity examines the role of the elderly in history. This empirical study represents a substantial contribution to both the historical understanding of old age in past societies as well as the discussion of the contribution of post-modernism to historical scholarship.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993-10-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780826165060

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Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 13, 1993 by Anonim Pdf

During the past few decades, the dramatic social changes with regard to our aging population and changes in the family unit have made both demographic and socioeconomic consequences, as well as an effect on matters of social policy. The prestigious editors, George L. Maddox and M. Powell Lawton, have assembled an impressive group of expert contributors whose chapters address topics from the latest theory and research findings to the changing balance of work and families, as well as patterns of kinship.

Author : Barry S. Hewlett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351520119

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Father-Child Relations by Barry S. Hewlett Pdf

Due to a greater involvement of American fathers in the direct care of their children in recent years, interest in the impact and nature of the father's role in nurturing children has increased. While studies about fathers in the industrialized, literate West have proliferated, little is known about the role of fathers in the preliterate, non-Western world. This collection examines the diversity of paternal roles found in human cultures among various types of societies that are very peaceful and those that actively engage in warfare as a mode of existence.Father-Child Relations recognizes the importance of understanding both biological and cultural aspects of the father's role. Many of the contributors utilize evolutionary or biosocial models, including those of developmental psychology, to examine the father's role, while others rely upon the symbolic analysis of cultural and social anthropology. One chapter is devoted to male-infant relationships in nonhuman primates, a further largely ignored comparative perspective.The anthropologists who have contributed to this collection are field workers who have lived intimately over significant periods of time with the people about whom they are writing. These research reports from the field have been edited to make them wholly accessible to the non-specialist. The contributors of this volume recognize that biology and ideology are intertwined; both together influence the father's behavior and the effects of his behavior.

Author : Carol R. Ember,Melvin Ember
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1103 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780306477546

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Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology by Carol R. Ember,Melvin Ember Pdf

Medical practitioners and the ordinary citizen are becoming more aware that we need to understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we know how health and disease are managed in different cultures, the more we can recognize what is "culture bound" in our own medical belief and practice. The Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology is unique because it is the first reference work to describe the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and to provide an overview of important topics in medical anthropology. No other single reference work comes close to marching the depth and breadth of information on the varying cultural background of health and illness around the world. More than 100 experts - anthropologists and other social scientists - have contributed their firsthand experience of medical cultures from around the world.

Author : Erdmute Alber
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137513441

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Anthropological Perspectives on Care by Erdmute Alber Pdf

In the course of last two decades, the notion of care has become prominent in the social and cultural sciences. As a result of this proliferation of care in several disciplinary fields, we are observing not only the expansion of its conceptual meaning, but also an increasing imprecision in its usage. A growing amount of literature focuses on the intersection between work, gender, ethnicity, affect, and mobility regimes. In view of this growing field of literature, Anthropological Perspectives on Care looks at the notion of care from an anthropological perspective. Complementing earlier approaches, Alber and Drotbohm argue that an interpretation of care in relation to three different concepts, namely work, kinship and the life-course, will facilitate empirical and conceptual distinctions between the different activities that are labeled as care.

Author : Hans-Werner Wahl, PhD,Rick Scheidt, PhD,Paul Windley, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003-11-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0826117341

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Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 23, 2003 by Hans-Werner Wahl, PhD,Rick Scheidt, PhD,Paul Windley, PhD Pdf

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Author : Monica Das Gupta
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business ethics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lifeboat Ethic Versus Corporate Ethic by Monica Das Gupta Pdf

May 1999 Kinship systems profoundly influence household economic strategies and thereby affect a wide range of development outcomes. Das Gupta distinguishes the lifeboat ethic of Northern Europe's stem family system from the corporate ethic of North India's joint family system, which has much in common with that of China. She contrasts these family systems to show how norms of residence and inheritance * Profoundly influence our values and social constructs. * Shape patterns of conflict and cooperation between people, thus influencing many basic aspects of social organization and behavior. * Influence health outcomes by categorizing people according to whether their health is promoted or allowed to fail. * Shape a wide range of other development outcomes, including migration, strategies of household resource management, ways of exploiting commercial opportunities, and the operation of civil society. Das Gupta develops a number of hypotheses about the nature of these relationships. Some of these are substantiated quantitatively, and others can be tested empirically. This paper-a product of Regulation and Competition Policy, Development Research Group-is part of a larger effort in the group to study social institutions and development outcomes. Monica Das Gupta may be contacted at [email protected].