Simon Biggs, Jon Hendricks, Ariela Lowenstein

The Need for Theory (eBook, PDF)

Critical Approaches to Social Gerontology

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Produktbeschreibung

The "Need for Theory" speaks to the burgeoning need for critical thinking in social gerontology. The editors have brought together some of the foremost contributors to theoretical advances in the field. This volume incorporates state-of-the-art theorizing with a focus on selected topical areas facing gerontologists around the world. Using their keen insights into substantive issues, the contributors examine personal and structural changes affecting individuals over the life course. Extolling the need for theory is not enough; the contributors focus their insights on a panoply of substantive issues, linking the personal with the political and with the structural parameters that shape the process of aging, no matter where it occurs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351863285
• Artikelnr.: 60582013

Autorenporträt

Simon Biggs (Author) , Jon Hendricks (Author) , Ariela Lowenstein (Author)

Inhaltsangabe

The Need for Theory in Gerontology Simon Biggs, Jon Hendricks, and Ariela
Lowenstein
SECTION ONE Theorizing Gerontology
Chapter 1 Critical Gerontological Theory: Intellectual Fieldwork and the
Nomadic Life of Ideas Steven Katz
Chapter 2 The Perils and Possibilities of Theory Ruth E. Ray
Chapter 3 The Legacy of Social Constructionism for Social Gerontology
Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz
Chapter 4 Structure and IdentityâEUR"Mind the Gap: Toward a Personal
Resource Model of Successful Aging Jon Hendricks
SECTION TWO Theorizing Micro Relations
Chapter 5 Sense and Structure: Toward a Sociology of Old Bodies Emmanuelle
Tulle
Chapter 6 Contemporary Later-Life Family Transitions: Revisiting
Theoretical Perspectives on Aging and the FamilyâEUR" Toward a Family
Identity Framework Ariela Lowenstein
Chapter 7 The Aging Paradox: Toward Personal Meaning in Gerontological
Theory Gerben J. Westerhof, Freya Dittmann-Kohli, and Christina Bode
Chapter 8 Negotiating Aging Identity: Surface, Depth, and Masquerade Simon
Biggs
SECTION THREE Theorizing Macro Relations chapter 9 Globalization and the
Reconstruction of Old Age: New Challenges for Critical Gerontology Chris
Phillipson
Chapter 10 Theoretical Approaches to Problems of Families, Aging, and
Social Support in the Context of Modernization Merril Silverstein, Vern L.
Bengtson, and Eugene Litwak
Chapter 11 Theorizing Age Relations Toni Calasanti
Chapter 12 Theoretical Perspectives on Old Age Policy: A Critique and a
Proposal Carroll L. Estes
CONCLUSION
Where is Theory Headed? Simon Biggs, Jon Hendricks, and Ariela Lowenstein
Contributors
Index