Author : Jane Falkingham
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 18,74 MB
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1788974875
This innovative Handbook offers a deeper understanding of the causes and consequences of demographic change across the lifecourse. Chapters highlight major theoretical and methodological advances and present research that sheds light on family dynamics, health and mobility over the lifecourse, illustrating the implications of lifecourse research for policy and reform.
Author : Dudley L. Poston
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 2006-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0387231064
This comprehensive handbook provides an overview and update of the issues, theories, processes, and applications of the social science of population studies. The volume's 30 chapters cover the full range of conceptual, empirical, disciplinary, and applied approaches to the study of demographic phenomena. This book is the first effort to assess the entire field since Hauser and Duncan's 1959 classic, The Study of Population. The chapter authors are among the leading contributors to demographic scholarship over the past four decades. They represent a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives as well as interests in both basic and applied research.
Author : Peter Uhlenberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 14,71 MB
Release : 2009-04-29
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1402083564
The International Handbook of Population Aging examines research on a wide array of the profound implications of population aging. It demonstrates how the world is changing through population aging, and how demography is changing in response to it.
Author : Linda George
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 36,81 MB
Release : 2010-11-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0123808812
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 on conducting cohort analysis. Part 2 covers the demographic aspects of aging; longevity trends; disability and aging; and stratification and inequality research. Part 3 includes chapters that examine socioeconomic position and racial/ethnic disparities in health at older ages; the role of social factors in the distribution, antecedents, and consequences of depression; and aspects of private wealth transfers and the changing nature of family gift-giving. Part 4 deals with pension reform in Europe; the political activities of older Americans; the future of retirement security; and gender differences in old age. The Handbook is intended for researchers, professional practitioners, and students in the field of aging. It can also serve as a basic reference tool for scholars, professionals, and others who are not presently engaged in research and practice directly focused on aging and the aged. - Contains all the main areas of social science gerontological research in one volume - Begins with a section on theory and methods - Edited by one of the fathers of gerontology (Binstock) and contributors represent top scholars in gerontology
Author : Dimitri Mortelmans
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,55 MB
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 1785364987
Whether considered from an American or a European perspective, the past four decades have seen family life become increasingly complex. Changing Family Dynamics and Demographic Evolution examines the various stages of change through the image of a kaleidoscope, providing new insights into the field of family dynamics and diversity.
Author : Karen L. Fingerman
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 929 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0826110797
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Author : Michael J. Shanahan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 21,94 MB
Release : 2015-10-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3319208802
Building on the success of the 2003 Handbook of the Life Course, this second volume identifies future directions for life course research and policy. The introductory essay and the chapters that make up the five sections of this book, show consensus on strategic “next steps” in life course studies. These next steps are explored in detail in each section: Section I, on life course theory, provides fresh perspectives on well-established topics, including cohorts, life stages, and legal and regulatory contexts. It challenges life course scholars to move beyond common individualistic paradigms. Section II highlights changes in major institutional and organizational contexts of the life course. It draws on conceptual advances and recent empirical findings to identify promising avenues for research that illuminate the interplay between structure and agency. It examines trends in family, school, and workplace, as well as contexts that deserve heightened attention, including the military, the criminal justice system, and natural and man-made disaster. The remaining three sections consider advances and suggest strategic opportunities in the study of health and development throughout the life course. They explore methodological innovations, including qualitative and three-generational longitudinal research designs, causal analysis, growth curves, and the study of place. Finally, they show ways to build bridges between life course research and public policy.
Author : Leslie A. Morgan
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0826119379
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Author : Amanda K. Baumle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,33 MB
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400755116
The International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality is the first book to specifically address the study of sexuality from a demographic perspective. Demographic research has largely paid little attention to sexuality as a whole, or sexual orientation in particular, other than in studies examining the “consequences” of sex – sexually transmitted infections or fertility. Instead, the content of this handbook explores population sexuality in order to describe the prevalence of sexual behaviors, desires, and identities, as well as their connections with other demographic outcomes. The focus is on analyzing sexuality as a demographic topic in its own right, rather than solely as a variable in studies of sexually transmitted infection or other health-related topics. In this book, both researchers with traditional demographic backgrounds, as well as those with training in other disciplines, provide an overview of the state of current research on population sexuality. These chapters provide a foundation for the development of research in the burgeoning field of the demography of sexuality.
Author : Jeylan T. Mortimer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 27,68 MB
Release : 2007-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0306482479
This comprehensive handbook provides an overview of key theoretical perspectives, concepts, and methodological approaches that, while applied to diverse phenomena, are united in their general approach to the study of lives across age phases. In surveying the wide terrain of life course studies with dual emphases on theory and empirical research, this important reference work presents probative concepts and methods and identifies promising avenues for future research.
