Ageing in SocietyJohn Bond, Sheila M Peace, Freya Dittmann-Kohli, Gerben Westerhof SAGE, 2007 M02 22 - 384 páginas `Ageing in Society brings forth exciting new questions, fresh perspectives, and a necessary critical approach to key issues - this is indeed an authoritative introduction. The authors not only have made significant contributions to gerontology, but offer the reader considerations for what could be, not just what is, the design of old age in society. The book will inform students in ways that so many texts in the area, satisfied with comfortable bromides, do not′ - Jaber Gubrium, Editor of Journal of Aging Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia `This completely revised Third Edition of Ageing in Society presents one of the most comprehensive pictures of ageing today. Emphasising the dual processes of ageing societies and the experience of ageing, the book offers the reader - student or researcher alike - cogent discussions of the most up to date perspectives and evidence available. The contributors are all leading experts in their fields - comprising a range of important disciplines as they apply to ageing. Ageing in Society is a cutting edge text on one of the most important subjects facing the modern world - a must for all students of ageing′ - Mike Bury, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of London `The Third Edition of the comprehensive textbook Ageing in Society extends its scope to include continental Europe, allowing broader as well as deeper insights into recent trends in gerontology. Gerontologists and practitioners are urged not to stop reading before they have reached the insightful last chapter "Ageing into the future"!′ - Professor Dorly Deeg, Editor-in-Chief European Journal of Ageing The Third Edition of this popular and widely-used text provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of ageing, exploring the key theories, concepts and methods which the behavioural and social sciences contribute to the subject. Thoroughly revised and updated, Ageing in Society reflects new trends in gerontology, incorporating recent developments in theory and research as well as major international and interdisciplinary perspectives. A new chapter on cognitive ageing has been added and key themes, such as social protection, retirement, health and illness, and cultural images of old age are also critically examined. Ageing in Society was developed by the British Society of Gerontology to fulfil the need for an authoritative introduction to social gerontology. As such, it is an ideal resource for students and lecturers in the social and behavioural sciences, as well as for students and practitioners in health and social care. |
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... women among people aged 40–59, 60+, 80+ and 100+ years, world figures. Age distribution in the United Kingdom: by ethnic group, 2001/02. 4 3 3 Ageing needs to be understood at a hierarchy of biological levels. Genetic architecture of ...
... women among those 65 years or more in 2004, European countries. 5 Number of progeny and age at first childbirth dependent on the age at death of married aristocratic women. Representations of health. Categories of physical or ...
... women as life expectancy continues to be higher for women than men. In 2000 there were 63 million more women than men aged 60 or older, and this increase was greater within older age groups (see Figure 1.3). This imbalance between the ...
... women is particularly prominent within the 25 nations of the European Union where women live on average 6 years longer than men (81.2 years for women compared with 75.1 years for men). As a result of this greater life expectancy, in ...
... women among Life expectancy at those aged Women's age at birth 2004a 65 years or Fertility first child Women Men more, 2004 rate 2004 1994 2004b EU25 81.2 75.1 59.3 1.50 26.8 28.2 Belgium 81.7 75.9 58.8 1.64 26.9 27.6 Czech Republic ...
Contenido
Chapter 10 | 209 |
Chapter 11 | 235 |
Chapter 12 | 255 |
Chapter 13 | 268 |
Chapter 14 | 296 |
References | 309 |
Index | 354 |
Chapter 9 | 186 |
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