HANDBOOK OF AGING AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

THIS TITLE SUMMARIZES THE RESEARCH LITERATURE ON THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF AGING WITH 72 PER CENT NEW MATERIAL FROM PREVIOUS EDITION. THIS FULLY REVISED HANDBOOK COVERS THEORY AND METHODS, AGING AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SOCIAL FACTORS AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND AGING AND SOCIETY. IT INCLUDES NEW TOPICS SUCH AS DEMOGRAPHY AND AGING; TRENDS IN LONGEVITY; DISABILITY AND FUNCTIONAL AGING; GLOBAL AGING; RACIAL AND ETHNIC INFLUENCES OVER THE LIFE COURSE; HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG OLDER ADULTS; MOLECULAR GENETICS, AGING, AND WELL-BEING; EMPLOYMENT AND AGING; AND, AGING AND SOCIAL POLICY. IT CONTAINS ALL THE MAIN AREAS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ONE VOLUME. IT BEGINS WITH A SECTION ON THEORY AND METHODS. IT IS EDITED BY ONE OF THE FATHERS OF GERONTOLOGY (BINSTOCK) AND CONTRIBUTORS REPRESENT TOP SCHOLARS IN GERONTOLOGY.