This Aging Society - Softcover

William, Cockerham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136510922 ISBN 13: 9780136510925

Verlag: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

For sophomore/senior-level courses on the Sociology of Aging or Introductory Gerontology.

This comprehensive overview of the social aspects of the aging experience -- from the standpoint of both the individual and the wider society -- focuses on North American and worldwide trends, and the social positions of the elderly both now and in the twenty-first century. It assesses both the causes and direction of social change in the modern world brought on by the aging society.

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For sophomore/senior-level courses on the Sociology of Aging or Introductory Gerontology. This comprehensive overview of the social aspects of the aging experience -- from the standpoint of both the individual and the wider society -- focuses on North American and worldwide trends, and the social positions of the elderly both now and in the twenty-first century. It assesses both the causes and direction of social change in the modern world brought on by the aging society.

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The aging of human society worldwide is rapidly becoming one of the most distinct features of modernity. The purpose of this book is to examine the social aspects of the aging experience. Growing old is not simply a biological process; it is also a social and psychological phenomenon that involves important changes in the aging person's perceptions, social roles, self-concept, behavior, and approach to daily living.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Financial Times Prentice Hall
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0136510922
• ISBN 13: 9780136510925
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italien