Invitation to the Life Course
Towards new understandings of later life
1st Edition
Published on 15. June 2002
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-89503-269-0 (ISBN)
Description
Invitation to the Life Course: Toward New Understandings of Later Life discusses in depth the challenges of age, time, and social contexts for the study of aging and later life. Understanding aging (as a process) and later life (as a period) must be accompanied by serious attention to the life course. This brings significant challenges related to time, as gerontologists must describe and explain life patterns over many decades. It also brings significant challenges related to place, as gerontologists must examine how social contexts structure pathways into and through later life, and how those contexts affect the nature and meaning of experiences along the way. This book is a natural extension of the editor's previous work, ""Lives in Time and Place: The Problems and Promises of Developmental Science"" (Baywood, 1999).
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amityville
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
716 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89503-269-0 (9780895032690)
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Content
Introduction
Lives in Time and Place. Describes the aims of the volume and outlines each chapter.
Chapter One
The Study of Lives: Emerging Propositions and Controversies. Discusses propositions related to the study of lives from the standpoints of different disciplines, and explicates debates about the nature and rhythm of the life course in modern societies.
Chapter Two
Challenges Posed by Age and Age Structuring. Explores the meanings of age for individuals, groups, and societies, and the uses and measurement of age in developmental theory and research.
Chapter Three
Challenges Posed by Generation and Cohort. Discusses the significance of the concepts of generation and cohort, and strategies for handling them, in developmental scholarship.
Chapter Four
Challenges to Understanding Lives the Long Way. Introduces central concepts and parameters for describing the life course, and discusses the theoretical and methodological challenges associated with analyzing lives in and through time.
Chapter Five
Challenges Posed by Place and Other Issues. Addresses the significance of social contexts in shaping lives, and how social contexts might be better incorporated into developmental scholarship. Also introduces other important strategies for analyzing lives.
Chapter Six
An Agenda for Developmental Science. Highlights the most pressing challenges that must be confronted to usher in an exciting new era of theory and research on human development.
References
Index
Lives in Time and Place. Describes the aims of the volume and outlines each chapter.
Chapter One
The Study of Lives: Emerging Propositions and Controversies. Discusses propositions related to the study of lives from the standpoints of different disciplines, and explicates debates about the nature and rhythm of the life course in modern societies.
Chapter Two
Challenges Posed by Age and Age Structuring. Explores the meanings of age for individuals, groups, and societies, and the uses and measurement of age in developmental theory and research.
Chapter Three
Challenges Posed by Generation and Cohort. Discusses the significance of the concepts of generation and cohort, and strategies for handling them, in developmental scholarship.
Chapter Four
Challenges to Understanding Lives the Long Way. Introduces central concepts and parameters for describing the life course, and discusses the theoretical and methodological challenges associated with analyzing lives in and through time.
Chapter Five
Challenges Posed by Place and Other Issues. Addresses the significance of social contexts in shaping lives, and how social contexts might be better incorporated into developmental scholarship. Also introduces other important strategies for analyzing lives.
Chapter Six
An Agenda for Developmental Science. Highlights the most pressing challenges that must be confronted to usher in an exciting new era of theory and research on human development.
References
Index