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Aging
The Social Context
Second Edition
- Leslie Morgan - University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
- Suzanne Kunkel - Miami of Ohio, USA
April 2001 | 536 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The work provides an introduction to both social gerontology and sociology of aging studies. It offers a coherent narrative that is organized around broad sociological themes. What integrates this text overall is the discussion of how we socially construct aging, how different societies at different times construct aging, and what those changes say about our society. It contains lively, specualtive essays covering non-traditional topics and demonstrates the social process of aging from a completely different perspective.
PART I. UNDERSTANDING AGING: FRAMES OF REFERENCE
1. Aging and Society
2. Studying Aging
3. Aging People in an Aging World
PART II. DIMENSIONS OF AGING
4. Physiology of Human Aging
5. Psychological Perspectives on Aging
6. Sociological Perspectives on Aging
PART III. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND AGING
7. Aging in Families
8. Employment and Retirement
9. Economics and the Aging of Society
10. Health and Health Care
11. Politics, Government, and the Welfare State
PART IV. THE FUTURE
12. Conclusion
I like that it is Sociology based, but I will say that it needs a new edition. I like the book a lot, but since 2001, the world is a different place. PLEASE DO A NEW EDITION!
Sociology, Pennsylvania State University - Shenango
November 11, 2012