Aging for the twenty-first century : readings in social gerontology /
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
c1996
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Table of Contents:
- I Theories of Aging
- Sociological Theories of Aging : Current Perspectives and Future Directions / Patricia M. Passuth and Vern L. Bengtson
- Age Integration and the Lives of Older People / Matilda White Riley and John W. Riley, Jr.
- II. Historical Perspectives
- The Usefulness of Old Age / W. Andrew Achenbaum
- The Families of the Old / Carole Haber and Brian Gratton
- III. Cultural Perspectives
- Extending the Critical Gerontology Perspective : Cultural Dimensions / Mark R. Luborsky and Andrea Sankar
- When the Contract Fails : Care for the Elderly in Nonindustrial Cultures / Nancy Foner
- Cross-Cultural Families : The Franco-Americans / Peter Woolfson
- IV. Stereotypes and Ageism
- Dispelling Ageism : The Cross-Cutting Intervention / Robert N. Butler
- Ageism : The Foundation of Age Discrimination / Steve Scrutton
- On Gray Hair and Oppressed Brains / Ann E. Gerike
- V. Life Course Transitions
- Vulnerability in Old Age : The Issue of Dependency in American Society / Melissa Hardy
- The Trend Toward Early Labor Force Withdrawal and the Reorganization of the Life Course : A Cross-National Analysis / Anne-Marie Guillemard
- Age Norms, Age Constraints, and Adult Socialization / Bernice L. Neucarten, Joan W. Moore, and John C. Lowe
- VI. Living Arrangements
- Problems in Conventional Dwellings and Neighborhoods / Stephen Golant
- Shelter : Bring Us to This Hovel / Richard Margolis
- VII. Generational and Family Relationships
- Family Care of the Frail Elderly : A New Look at "Women in the Middle" / Sandra L. Boyd and Judith Treas
- The Relationship between the Family and the State in the Care of Older People / Alan Walker
- Grandparents Who Parent Their Grandchildren : Effects on Lifestyle / Margaret Platt Jendrek
- VIII. Work and Retirement
- The Black American Retirement Experience / Rose C. Gibson
- Special Problems of Older Women Workers / Lois B. Shaw
- The United States : The Privatization of Exit / Harold L. Sheppard
- IX. The Politics of Age
- Social Security and Support of the Elderly : The Western Experience / John Myles
- Generational Equity and the Politics of the Welfare State / Jill Quadagno
- Maintaining the Status Quo : The Impact of Old-Age Interest Groups on the Medicare Catastrophic Care Act of 1988 / Debra Street
- X. The Economics of Aging
- The Rising Affluence of the Elderly : How Far, How Fair, and How Frail? / Greg J. Duncan and Ken R. Smith
- Family Status and Poverty among Older Women : The Gendered Distribution of Retirement Income in the United States / Madonna Harrington Meyer
- XI. Health Care and Institutionalization
- Health Policy for the Elderly / Steven P. Wallace and Carroll L. Estes
- Making Gray Gold / Timothy Diamond
- XII. Death and Dying
- Is Dying Young Worse Than Dying Old? / Nancy S. Jecker and Lawrence J. Schneiderman
- Effects of a Parent's Death on Adult Children : Relationship Salience and Reaction to Loss / Debra Umberson and Meichu D. Chen
- Death, Technology, and Politics / Henry Click.