Social Theories of Aging: A Brief Synopsis introduces students to a broad spectrum of social theories on aging. Each theory is categorized as first, second, or

This book attempts to identify two central areas for the study of aging and the epistemological differences and continuities between them: constructions of agin

Given the 2006 GREAT GERONTOLOGY AWARD for outstanding contribution to gerontological research by the Swedish Gerontological Society Received a VALUE GROUND AWA

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Seventh Edition, provides extensive reviews and critical evaluations of research on the social aspects of aging. It a

The demographic phenomena of increased life expectancy, increasing global population of older adults, and a larger number of older people as a proportion of the