Key Concepts in Social Gerontology (SAGE Key Concepts series) - Softcover

Judith Phillips; Kristine Ajrouch; Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412922720 ISBN 13: 9781412922722

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Social gerontology is a new and dynamic field reflecting the increasing interest in ageing across the world. This book provides a readily accessible guide to well established and contested issues, as well as new concepts emerging through cutting edge research in the discipline.

The entries give concise, lucid knowledge on what constitutes the 'building blocks' of social gerontology and sets out a clear review of the core concepts, both classic and emerging, in this subject area.

Each concept is explored in terms of its:

- History

- Application

- Usefulness to theory and research

- Significance in practice

They go beyond simple definition of the concepts to look at how each issue has shaped the discipline of social gerontology today.

This book is authored by social gerontologists from the UK and the USA. Together they present an interdisciplinary perspective and reflect a global approach to the presentation of key concepts in social gerontology.

Judith E. Phillips is Professor of Gerontology and Social Work at University of Wales, Swansea

Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at University of Wales, Swansea

Kristine J. Ajrouch is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, at Eastern Michigan University

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Review:

'I welcome this book's refreshing approach to developing an understanding of fifty major concepts being employed in social gerontology. Far from a dictionary, the concepts are portrayed as complex, and conflicting definitions and usages are both noted and evaluated. The joint UK-US authorship promotes a much needed international approach to the field-something all too lacking in most American textbooks and theoretical articles. Each article includes a (necessarily selective) set of references, and cross-references to other concepts included in the book. Readers might enjoy a 'follow the cross-reference' adventure, which will situate each concept in a set of related concepts at the same, a broader, or a narrower level. Moreover, the coverage and evaluation of the concepts is right at the current leading edge in a rapidly moving field' --Victor Marshall, Dept. of Sociology and Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

About the Author:

Judith E. Phillips is a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing at Swansea University and co-director of the Older People and Ageing Research and Development Network in Wales. She is President Elect of the British Society of Gerontology. Judith is also editor of the Policy Press series on Ageing across the Lifecourse and a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and is a member of the advisory board for the Canada Research Chair programme. Recent publications include Ageing at the intersection of work and home life: Blurring the Boundaries (Taylor and Francis, 2008), Care: Key Concepts (Polity Press, 2007), Social Work with Older People (Palgrave, 2006), Women Ageing (Routledge, 2001) and The Family and Community Life of Older People (Routledge, 2001). Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at University of Wales, Swansea, having recently joined after spending eleven years at the University of Waikato, New Zealand in the School of Social Sciences. She is a member of the recently established Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing based in the School of Human Sciences at Swansea and member of the Older People & Ageing Research & Development Network (OPAN) Cymru, also based at the University. Kristine J. Ajrouch is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology and an Adjunct Associate Research Professor in the Life Course Development Program, both at Eastern Michigan University. Her research interests include matters of social relations and aging, with emphasis on gender, race//ethnicity and socioeconomic status. She recently completed a study, funded by the National Institute of Aging, which examined issues of social relations and health among Arab American elders.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1412922720
• ISBN 13: 9781412922722
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248