2001
Author: Toni M. Calasanti
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759101869
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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The experience of men and women in later life varies enormously, not only along the lines of gender but also due to ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and race. Calasanti and Slevin explore these differences, their genesis, their meaning to men and women, and their treatment in the policy arena.
Author: Toni M. Calasanti
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759101869
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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The experience of men and women in later life varies enormously, not only along the lines of gender but also due to ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and race. Calasanti and Slevin explore these differences, their genesis, their meaning to men and women, and their treatment in the policy arena.
Author: Elana D. Buch
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479810738
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
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"Elana D. Buch's "Inequalities of Aging: Paradoxes of Independence in American Home Care" focuses on the topic of American home care and explores various contradictions and points of tension within the industry. It also raises awareness of the problematic inequality that exists in the American home care industry and argues for the creation of a more sustainable system."--
Author: Jan Baars
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351845918
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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This book is a major reassessment of work in the field of critical gerontology, providing a comprehensive survey of issues by a team of contributors drawn from Europe and North America. The book focuses on the variety of ways in which age and ageing are socially constructed, and the extent to which growing old is being transformed through processes associated with globalisation. The collection offers a range of alternative views and visions about the nature of social ageing, making a major contribution to theory-building within the discipline of gerontology. The different sections of the book give an overview of the key issues and concerns underlying the development of critical gerontology. These include: first, the impact of globalisation and of multinational organizations and agencies on the lives of older people; second, the factors contributing to the "social construction" of later life; and third, issues associated with diversity and inequality in old age, arising through the effects of cumulative advantage and disadvantage over the life course. These different themes are analysed using a variety of theoretical perspectives drawn from sociology, social policy, political science, and social anthropology. "Aging, Globalization and Inequality" brings together key contributors to critical perspectives on aging and is unique in the range of themes and concerns covered in a single volume. The study moves forward an important area of debate in studies of aging, and thus provides the basis for a new type of critical gerontology relevant to the twenty-first century.
Author: Fred C. Pampel
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 0803990952
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Author, Fred C. Pompel, treats age as a component of social inequality which gives rise to the three major themes of the text: diversity in the experience of individuals, differences in public policy, and variations across nations. Comparison of the United States with other nations is a central component of the book, providing a greater understanding of the larger forces that shape old age.
Author: Dale Dannefer
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1446248399
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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"This SAGE Handbook integrates basic research on social dimensions of aging. It presents programmatic applications of research in areas not often seen in Handbooks including imprisonment, technology and aging, urban society aged, and elderly migration. The authors constitute a Who's Who of international gerontology, and the focus on globalization and aging is unique among Handbooks today. This Handbook should be in the library of every social gerontologist." - Vern L. Bengtson, Professor of Gerontology, University of Southern California This volume reflects the emergence of ageing as a global concern, including chapters by international scholars from Asia, Australasia, Europe and North America. It provides a comprehensive overview of key trends and issues in the field, drawing upon the full range of social science disciplines. The Handbook is organized into five parts, each exploring different aspects of research into social aspects of ageing: Disciplinary overviews: summaries of findings from key disciplinary areas within social gerontology. Social relationships and social differences: explores area like social inequality, gender, religion, inter-generational ties, social networks, and friendships. Individual characteristics and change in later life: examines different aspects of individual aging, including self and identity, cognitive processes, and bio-social interactions and their impact on physical and psychological aging. Comparative perspectives and cultural innovations: topics include ageing and development, ageing in a global context, migration, and cross-cultural perspectives on grandparenthood. Policy issues: covering policy concerns such aslong-term care, technology and older people, end of life issues, work and retirement, and the politics of old age. This will be essential reading for all students, researchers and policy-makers concerned with the major issues influencing the lives of older people across the globe.
Author: Andrea Rishworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the fastest aging population in the world. Yet its older population has the lowest life expectancy, lowest ratings of subjective wellbeing, and greatest burdens of disease in old age globally. While it is widely recognized that place processes have both positive and negative effects on health and wellbeing in old age, little attention has been given to the multiplicity of place processes that shape health and wellbeing in SSA. This is despite renewed calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) in its Global Strategy and Action Plan on Aging and Health (GSAP) for immediate actions on health and wellbeing in old age. This thesis explores the aging-health-place nexus in the Greater Mukono area of Central Uganda. The research focused on three broad objectives: first, to investigate the relationship between age and subjective wellbeing among older adults; second, to examine the socio-cultural, environmental and political-economic drivers of health and wellbeing in old age; and finally, to examine how gender inequalities over the life course shape health and wellbeing in old age. Drawing on (feminist) political ecology (of health), a social determinants of health framework, and a life course perspective, a mixed method case study approach- involving a secondary survey, in-depth interviews and focus groups with elderly residents, along with interviews with key informants knowledgeable about aging - was used in the research. The findings from structural equation modelling suggest there are two main pathways through which determinants mediate the age-subjective wellbeing (SWB) relationship, varying by gender. First, social determinants more strongly and positively mediate the age-SWB relationship for women. Second, structural determinants more strongly and positively mediate the age-SWB relationship for men. Results from focus groups (n=15) and key informants (n=34) extend knowledge on the drivers of health, revealing how discriminatory and stereotypical beliefs about old age, at both institutional and interpersonal levels, have direct and indirect effects on aging bodies in multiple domains- political-economic, sociocultural, environmental- which together become embodied in deleterious physical and psychosocial health and wellbeing. Further, findings from in-depth interviews (n=53) and key informants (n=34) reveal the wellbeing of aging men and women is an amalgamation of embodied gendered experiences and social dynamics that are (re)produced and (re)articulated across the life course. The findings expose a counter narrative to the global representation of gendered aging inequalities, illuminating how gender and age are experienced and navigated in sometimes unexpected and contradictory ways. This research makes important contributions to knowledge, policy and practice. Theoretically, this research contributes knowledge on age-relationality, along with an enhanced understanding of the multiscale and multitemporal processes shaping the aging-health-place relation. Likewise, extending the WHO Social Determinants of Health framework to the study of subjective wellbeing provides the conceptual space to operationalize environmental barriers for wellbeing in old age, providing a framework for future operationalization of the GSAP domains. Methodologically, this research contributes to the conceptualization and identification of health and wellbeing determinants in old age in a SSA context; provides an example of how to employ an integrated knowledge translation approach to improve knowledge and understanding of health inequalities in old age; addresses methodological calls for integrated knowledge translation approaches on aging and health to enhance the likelihood that findings are both useful and translatable for programs, practices and policy; and contributes knowledge on the connections between people, health and place across time and over space through the application of qualitative history approaches, particularly event history calendars. Substantively, this research contributes to the geographies of aging literature, increasing understanding of aging experiences and the environmental factors (e.g. socio-cultural, economic, political, physical/built) that affect health and wellbeing outcomes in Uganda. This research brings forth new issues for consideration in the geographies of aging (e.g. implications of changing climates; gender-based violence; water and sanitation; double burdens of disease; demographic conflict) underscoring the importance of examining both social and physical environmental processes in health and wellbeing outcomes. Moreover, it fills important knowledge gaps identified by the WHO GSAP. In terms of policy, this research highlights that government actions are needed to implement: the National Policy for Older Persons through the provision of pensions schemes; the development of social groups and support systems; and strategies that address societal ageism, ill equipped health systems, gender norms, and environmental (natural, built) conditions. Equally, the government should provide opportunities for older people to be included in policy decisions and implementation, as well as put health in all policies to ensure health across the life course and positive outcomes in old age.
Author: Linda George
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0124172857
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition, presents the extraordinary growth of research on aging individuals, populations, and the dynamic culmination of the life course, providing a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the social sciences of aging. As the complexities of population dynamics, cohort succession, and policy changes modify the world and its inhabitants in ways that must be vigilantly monitored so that aging research remains relevant and accurate, this completely revised edition not only includes the foundational, classic themes of aging research, but also a rich array of emerging topics and perspectives that advance the field in exciting ways. New topics include families, immigration, social factors, and cognition, caregiving, neighborhoods, and built environments, natural disasters, religion and health, and sexual behavior, amongst others. Covers the key areas in sociological gerontology research in one volume, with an 80% update of the material Headed up by returning editor Linda K. George, and new editor Kenneth Ferraro, highly respected voices and researchers within the sociology of aging discipline Assists basic researchers in keeping abreast of research and clinical findings Includes theory and methods, aging and social structure, social factors and social institutions, and aging and society Serves as a useful resource—an inspiration to those searching for ways to contribute to the aging enterprise, and a tribute to the rich bodies of scholarship that comprise aging research in the social sciences
Author: Robert C. Atchley
Publisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Author: Bayar, Yilmaz
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799873293
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 383
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The increases in global wealth and the developments in the field of health have led to decreases in mortality rates, increases in life expectancy, and decreases in fertility rate, leading to a population that is rapidly consisting more and more of older individuals. The demographic changes affect nearly all parts of society including economics, education, health, social security systems, socio-cultural activities, and more. Thus, it is essential to study the impacts that an aging population will have on society. The Handbook of Research on Economic and Social Impacts of Population Aging analyzes the economic and social impacts of population aging from a multidisciplinary perspective. Covering topics such as life expectancy, social welfare, health, social security, and more, this book is essential for social scientists, sociologists, demographers, economists, medical professionals, government officials, policymakers, professionals, researchers, managers, students, and academicians looking to understand the effects of an aging population on modern society.
Author: Angela O'rand
Publisher: Westview Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Aging and retirement in the 21st century raise concerns regarding public welfare and market policies affecting labor exits and income support systems over the next half century. Examining the current structural and individual bases of inequality and aging in the United States, the authors consider the implications of the changing workplace and changing public policies.
