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Aging and the Life Course is a comprehensive interdisciplinary text in social gerontology. It provides students with a firm grounding in methodological and theoretical issues associated with aging and examines changes in social roles, relationships and the biological and psychological process that occur as people grow older. It also considers all major life transitions including retirement, widowhood, grandparenting, and changes in living arrangements. In addition, this text considers the economic and political issues that influence the context in which people grow old. Although the primary focus is on the U.S., considerable material on aging worldwide is included. Unique features include four featured boxes, a life course perspective and an emphasis on inequality by race, ethnicity and gender.

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• Part 1 Defining the Field
• Chapter 1 The Field of Social Gerontology
• Chapter 2 Life Course Transitions
• Chapter 3 Theories of Aging
• Chapter 4 Demography of Aging
• Part 2 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Aging
• Chapter 5 Old Age and the Welfare State
• Chapter 6 Biological Perspectives on Aging
• Chapter 7 Psychological Perspectives on Aging
• Part 3 Social Aspects of Aging
• Chapter 8 Family Relationships and Social Support Systems
• Chapter 9 Living Arrangements
• Chapter 10 Work and Retirement
• Part 4 Health Aspects of Later Life
• Chapter 11 Health and Health Care
• Chapter 12 Caring for the Frail Elderly
• Chapter 13 Death, Dying and Bereavement
• Part 5 Aging and Society
• Chapter 14 The Economics of Aging
• Chapter 15 Poverty and Inequality
• Chapter 16 The Politics of Aging

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Award-winning author Jill Quadagno is Professor of Sociology at Florida State University, where she holds the Mildred and Claude Pepper Eminent Scholar Chair in Social Gerontology. She is the author of more than 50 articles and 12 books on aging and social policy issues.