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"Far from a dictionary, the concepts are portrayed as complex, and conflicting definitions and usages are both noted and evaluated... Each article includes a (necessarily selective) set of references, and cross-references to other concepts included in the book... Moreover, the coverage and evaluation of the concepts is right at the current leading edge in a rapidly moving field."- Victor Marshall, Department of Sociology and Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "The concepts are very clear and very relevant, and fantastic for my group of undergraduate students... I found each concept to be succinctly and simply captured, holding enough information to satisfy initial cravings and complex enough to tempt further reading... I had originally thought that this book would provide supplementary reading as part of my ′Healthy Ageing′ course, but have changed my mind to essential reading now I have had the opportunity to read the entire book."- Dr Meredith Tavener, Groningen University Social gerontology is a new and dynamic field reflecting the increasing interest in ageing across the world. This book provides a readily accessible guide to well established and contested issues, as well as new concepts emerging through cutting edge research in the discipline. The entries give concise, lucid knowledge on what constitutes the ′building blocks′ of social gerontology and sets out a clear review of the core concepts, both classic and emerging, in this subject area.Each concept is explored in terms of its history, application, usefulness to theory and research, and significance in practice. They go beyond simple definitions of the concepts to look at how each issue has shaped the discipline of social gerontology today.This book is authored by social gerontologists from the UK and the USA. Together they present an interdisciplinary perspective and reflect a global approach to the presentation of key concepts in social gerontology.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Introduction
• Advocacy
• Age Integration
• Ageing
• Ageing in Place
• Ageism
• Ambivalence
• Assisted Living
• Bereavement
• Biographical Approaches
• Care
• Care Management
• Civic Engagement
• Cohort
• Convoy Theory
• Cultural Ideals
• Death and Dying
• Dementia
• Disability
• Elder Mistreatment/Abuse
• Environmental Gerontology
• Ethnicity
• Euthanasia
• Family Relations
• Filial Responsibility
• Frailty
• Gender
• Generations
• Gerontology
• Global Ageing
• Housing
• Independence
• Intergenerational Practice
• Life Course Perspective
• Lifelong Learning
• Loneliness
• Long Term Care
• Longevity
• Palliative Care
• Pensions
• Population Ageing
• Quality of Life
• Religion/Spirituality
• Retirement
• Social Exclusion
• Social Relations
• Social Support
• Social Theories of Ageing
• Successful Ageing
• Third and Fourth Ages
• Triple Jeopardy

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Judith E. Phillips is a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing at Swansea University and co-director of the Older People and Ageing Research and Development Network in Wales. She is President Elect of the British Society of Gerontology. Judith is also editor of the Policy Press series on Ageing across the Lifecourse and a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and is a member of the advisory board for the Canada Research Chair programme. Recent publications include Ageing at the intersection of work and home life: Blurring the Boundaries (Taylor and Francis, 2008), Care: Key Concepts (Polity Press, 2007), Social Work with Older People (Palgrave, 2006), Women Ageing (Routledge, 2001) and The Family and Community Life of Older People (Routledge, 2001)

Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at University of Wales, Swansea, having recently joined after spending eleven years at the University of Waikato, New Zealand in the School of Social Sciences. She is a member of the recently established Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing based in the School of Human Sciences at Swansea and member of the Older People & Ageing Research & Development Network (OPAN) Cymru, also based at the University.

Kristine J. Ajrouch is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology and an Adjunct Associate Research Professor in the Life Course Development Program, both at Eastern Michigan University. Her research interests include matters of social relations and aging, with emphasis on gender, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. She recently completed a study, funded by the National Institute of Aging, which examined issues of social relations and health among Arab American elders.