Handbook of Sociology of Aging
The Handbook of Sociology of Aging is the most comprehensive and engaging treatment of the field over the past 30 years. It is an indispensable resource for scholars, policy makers, and aging professionals alike. The Handbook of Socio
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Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
Richard A. Settersten, Jr. Jacqueline L. Angel Editors
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Handbook of Sociology of Aging
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research Series Editor: Howard Kaplan, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas HANDBOOK OF SOCIOLOGY OF AGING Edited by Richard A. Settersten, Jr. and Jacqueline L. Angel HANDBOOK OF COMMUNITY MOVEMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS Edited by Ram. A Cnaan and Carl Milofsky HANDBOOK OF DISASTER RESEARCH Theory, Science, and Prevention Edited by Zili Sloboda and William J. Bukoski HANDBOOK OF THE LIFE COURSE Edited by Jeylan T. Mortimer and Michael J. Shanahan HANDBOOK OF POPULATION Edited by Dudley L. Poston and Michael Micklin HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS Edited by Helen Rose Ebaugh HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Edited by John Delamater HANDBOOK OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY Edited by Jonathan H. Turner HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Edited by Jan E. Stets and Jonathan H. Turner HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER Edited by Janet Saltzman Chafetz HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL HEALTH Edited by Carol S. Aneshensel and Jo C. Phelan HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE MILITARY Edited by Giuseppe Caforio
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Richard A. Settersten, Jr. • Jacqueline L. Angel Editors
Handbook of Sociology of Aging
Editors Richard A. Settersten, Jr. Department of Human Development and Family Sciences Oregon State University Corvallis, OR USA [email protected]
Jacqueline L. Angel Department of Sociology The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-7373-3 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-7374-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7374-0 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011924339 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Scholarly Foreword
Sometime in the relatively near future, the human species will reach a watershed moment in which people over the age of 60 outnumber children. This is a world in which there are both low birth rates and declining death rates at all ages, and in which people live much longer than had ever been
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