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New Directions in the Sociology of Aging (Paperback)
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Panel on New Directions in Social Demography, Social Epidemiology, and the Sociology of Aging; Edited by Thomas J Plewes, …
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The aging of the population of the United States is occurring at a
time of major economic and social changes. These economic changes
include consideration of increases in the age of eligibility for
Social Security and Medicare and possible changes in benefit
levels. Furthermore, changes in the social context in which older
individuals and families function may well affect the nature of key
social relationships and institutions that define the environment
for older persons. Sociology offers a knowledge base, a number of
useful analytic approaches and tools, and unique theoretical
perspectives that can facilitate understanding of these
demographic, economic, and social changes and, to the extent
possible, their causes, consequences and implications. New
Directions in the Sociology of Aging evaluates the recent
contributions of social demography, social epidemiology and
sociology to the study of aging and identifies promising new
research directions in these sub-fields. Included in this study are
nine papers prepared by experts in sociology, demography, social
genomics, public health, and other fields, that highlight the broad
array of tools and perspectives that can provide the basis for
further advancing the understanding of aging processes in ways that
can inform policy. This report discusses the role of sociology in
what is a wide-ranging and diverse field of study; a proposed
three-dimensional conceptual model for studying social processes in
aging over the life cycle; a review of existing databases, data
needs and opportunities, primarily in the area of measurement of
interhousehold and intergenerational transmission of resources,
biomarkers and biosocial interactions; and a summary of roadblocks
and bridges to transdisciplinary research that will affect the
future directions of the field of sociology of aging. Table of
Contents Front Matter PART I: FINAL REPORT Summary 1 Introduction
and Approach 2 A Conceptual Model of Aging for the Next Generation
of Research 3 Data Needs and Opportunities 4 Roadblocks and Bridges
to Transdisciplinary Research References Appendix: Biographical
Sketches of Panel Members PART II: PAPERS 5 Introduction and
Overview--Linda J. Waite 6 The New Realities of Aging: Social and
Economic Contexts--Jacqueline L. Angel and Richard A. Settersten,
Jr. 7 Research Opportunities in the Demography of Aging--Melissa
Hardy and Vegard Skirbekk 8 Networks, Neighborhoods, and
Institutions: An Integrated "Activity Space" Approach for Research
on Aging--Kathleen A. Cagney, Christopher R. Browning, Aubrey L.
Jackson, and Brian Soller 9 Constrained Choices: The Shifting
Institutional Contexts of Aging and the Life Course--Phyllis Moen
10 Opportunities and Challenges in the Study of Biosocial Dynamics
in Healthy Aging--Tara L. Gruenewald 11 The Loyal Opposition: A
Commentary on "Opportunities and Challenges in the Study of
Biosocial Dynamics in Healthy Aging"--Maxine Weinstein, Dana A.
Glei, and Noreen Goldman 12 Social Genomics and the Life Course:
Opportunities and Challenges for Multilevel Population
Research--Michael J. Shanahan 13 The Challenge of Social Genomics:
A Commentary on "Social Genomics and the Life Course: Opportunities
and Challenges for Multilevel Population Research"--Jason
Schnittker 14 Interventions to Promote Health and Prevent Disease:
Perspectives on Clinical Trials Past, Present, and Future--S.
Leonard Syme and Abby C. King Committee on Population
Is the American family a thing of the past? Almost anyone can tell
a story that illustrates how dramatically things have changed in
the past decades. Nonmarriage, childlessness and divorce are
commonplace. Most children leave their parents' home and live for
increasing periods before marriage as independent adults. But there
are also signs of strengths. Some parents play more equal roles,
both financially and in coping with household tasks. In this
revealing new study, Frances Goldscheider and Linda Waite discuss
cogently the question of whether we are headed for no families, or
new families.
Adults across the nation who reached "thirtysomething" in the early
1980s are the primary focus of the book, although broader patterns
of social change are seen in the influence of their parents'
experiences on them and in their own children's experiences of
family life. The authors begin with their subjects as very young
adults, examining their plans for work and family and their
attitudes toward women's work and family roles. As these young men
and women move farther into adulthood, we learn what influences
their chances of marriage, their patterns of family building (and
dissolving), and the division of labor in the families they form.
In each case the authors focus on the effects of exposure to
different family structures in childhood and young adulthood. The
authors find, surprisingly, that the real threats to the family are
in the home itself: the new option of "a home of one's own" in a
variety of circumstances outside of marriage, most men's
noninvolvement in the home and its tasks, and the fact that
knowledge of and respect for basic skills involved in making a home
are not being taughtto today's sons and daughters.
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