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  • Gerontology

    Perspectives and Issues, Fourth Edition

    Edited by Kenneth Ferraro, PhD, Janet Wilmoth, PhD ...
    This newest edition of a core graduate level textbook has added six new chapters to further enrich the ìgerontological imagination,î and encourage an interdisciplinary approach to the study of aging. Academically rigorous yet clear and accessible, the text provides the most current findings from leading gerontological researchers and practitioners. New and updated chapters examine biology, ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Life-Course Implications of US Public Policy

    Edited by Janet Wilmoth, Andrew London ...
    Series series Society and Aging Series
    There is a complex set of public policies and associated programs that constitute the social safety net in the United States. In Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies, the authors encourage others to systematically consider the influence of policies and programs on lives, aging, and the life course, and how the consequences might vary by gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations

    Understanding Networks of Care

    Edited by Janet M. Wilmoth, Merril D. Silverstein ...
    Series series Society and Aging Series
    Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations offers current, multidisciplinary perspectives on social support and service provision to older Americans. The chapters trace how our understanding of social support among older adults has developed over the past 40 years and explore current gerontological research in the area. They consider how informal care ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Life Course Perspectives on Military Service

    Edited by Janet M. Wilmoth, Andrew S. London ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    This edited volume provides a comprehensive and critical review of what we know about military service and the life course, what we don’t know, and what we need to do to better understand the role of military service in shaping people's lives. It demonstrates that the military, like colleges and prisons, is a key social institution that engages individuals in early adulthood and shapes processes ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences

    Edited by Linda George ...
    Series series Handbooks of Aging
    Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Seventh Edition, provides extensive reviews and critical evaluations of research on the social aspects of aging. It also makes available major references and identifies high-priority topics for future research. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews developments in the field of age and the life course (ALC) studies and presents guidelines ... Read more

    $92.69 USD

  • Aging, Society, and the Life Course

    by Leslie A. Morgan, PhD, Suzanne R. Kunkel, PhD ...
    Doody's Score: 91, 4 Stars"[This] book's unfading preoccupation with social context, social processes, and social structures distinguishes itself and greatly contributes to the discourse in gerontology."--The GerontologistThis is a comprehensive textbook for both undergraduate and graduate level courses, detailing the impact of societal forces on the aging process. The book focuses on the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Aging in Canada

    by Neena L. Chappell, Marcus J. Hollander ...
    Canada, like other countries, is aging. The media has reported on a "grey tsunami," a demographic change reflecting longer life expectancy and the retirement of the so-called baby boomer generation. The numbers and percentages of older adults within our population continue to increase. In 2010, 15.3 percent of Canada's population was over 65; in 2030, it will be 24.1 percent. Many commentators ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Urban Health and Society

    Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practice

    Edited by Nicholas Freudenberg, Susan Klitzman, Susan Saegert ...
    Series Book 17 - Public Health/Vulnerable Populations
    Praise for Urban Health and Society"This is a spectacular resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and students interested in improving the lives and health of individuals and families in urban settings. This book provides the most current frameworks, research, and approaches for understanding how unique features of the urban physical and social environments that shape the health of ... Read more

    $74.00 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty

    Edited by David Brady, Linda M. Burton ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Despite remarkable economic advances in many societies during the latter half of the twentieth century, poverty remains a global issue of enduring concern. Poverty is present in some form in every society in the world, and has serious implications for everything from health and well-being to identity and behavior. Nevertheless, the study of poverty has remained disconnected across disciplines. The ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Aging, Society, and the Life Course

    by Leslie A. Morgan, PhD, Suzanne R. Kunkel, PhD ...
    "[This] book’s unfading preoccupation with social context, social processes, and social structures distinguishes itself and greatly contributes to the discourse in gerontology."-The GerontologistThis classic text, now in its fifth edition, is distinguished by its emphasis on social context, social processes, and social structures as part of a broader understanding of the sociology of aging and the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Social (In)Justice and Mental Health

    Edited by Ruth S. Shim, MD MPH, Sarah Y. Vinson, MD ...
    Social justice entails equal access to liberties, rights, and opportunities, as well as care for the least advantaged members of society. The paradigm-shifting new book Social (In)Justice and Mental Health addresses the ways in which society's failure to deliver on that humane ideal harms people with mental illness. The editors, at the forefront of the effort to make psychiatry responsive to ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Closing the Opportunity Gap

    What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance

    Edited by Prudence L. Carter, Kevin G. Welner ...
    While the achievement gap has dominated policy discussions over the past two decades, relatively little attention has been paid to a gap even more at odds with American ideals: the opportunity gap. Opportunity and achievement, while inextricably connected, are very different goals. Every American will not go to college, but every American should be given a fair chance to be prepared for college. ... Read more

    $35.09 USD