Aging, Society, and the Life Course, Fifth Edition
Language: English
Published by Springer Publishing Company, 2015
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- Title
- Aging, Society, and the Life Course, Fifth Edition
- Author
- Morgan, Leslie A.
- Publisher
- Springer Publishing Company
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0826121721
- ISBN 13
- 9780826121721
- Edition
- Fifth Edition, New.
The text is uniquely organized, featuring theoretical discussions in each chapter and topical essays in between chapters. Critical thinking and review questions foster an in-depth understanding of the material. Written in an engaging style, the text is written for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students; it is also used effectively in introductory gerontology classes. In addition to an instructor's manual, the fifth edition now includes PowerPoint slides.
New to the Fifth Edition:
- Provides updated data on aging and baby boomers in the U.S. and worldwide
- Presents expanded focus on baby boomer's impact on the larger society
- Discusses major public policy changes and innovative services and programs affecting older adults
- Uses detailed examples to illustrate the challenges of sorting out age, period, and cohort effects in research on aging
- Covers the Affordable Care Act and up-to-date information on Medicare
- Features new information on end-of-life issues
- Presents provocative essays on positive and contemporary issues not typically covered, including love, sex, social media, medicine, and crime
- Focuses on enhanced health and independence and aging-in-place initiatives
- Provides learning objectives in each chapter and web-based extracurricular activities
- Includes PowerPoint slides in addition to Instructor's Manual
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About the Author
Suzanne R. Kunkel, PhD, is Director, Scripps Gerontology Center and Professor, Department of Sociology and Gerontology, Miami University, USA. She has been principal investigator or co-investigator on local, state, federal, and foundation grants totalling more than $3.5 million. She received the Hiram Friedsam Mentorship Award from AGHE, and is currently Treasurer of GSA. Dr. Kunkel was co-author (with Leslie Morgan) of all previous editions of Aging, Society, and the Life Course. With Frank Whittington and Erdman Palmore, she co-edited the most recent edition of the International Handbook on Aging, co-edited with Frank Whittington the Spring 2013 edition of Generations focusing on global aging, and co-authored with Frank Whittington and Scott Brown a 2014 textbook, Global Aging: Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course. She has published more than 40 articles, books, and book chapters, and more than 30 research monographs on the aging network, innovations in the delivery of home care, population projections, global aging, and gerontology education.
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