The Self and Society in Aging Processes

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ISBN: 9780826112675 | 0826112676
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/1/1999

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Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. Focuses on the experience of growing old as it is linked to societal factors. Presents a 'macro' view of aging in society by bridging disciplines and bringing together contributors from all the social sciences. Organized into three sections: theoretical perspectives, socioeconomic structures, and contexts of self and society.

Contributors

Part 1 Theoretical Perspectives on Self and Society Linkages

(184)

1. Linking the Self and Society in Social Gerontology: Crossing New Territory via Old Questions

(39)

Carol D. Ryff

Victor W. Marshall

Philippa J. Clarke

2. Social Perspectives on the Self in Later Life

(25)

Linda K. George

3. Neoteny, Naturalization, and Other Constituents of Human Development

(27)

Dale Dannefer

4. Continuity Theory, Self, and Social Structure

(28)

Robert C. Atchley

5. Identity and Adaptation to the Aging Process

122

(28)

Susan Krauss Whitbourne

6. Self-Development in Adulthood and Aging: The Role of Critical Life Events

150

(37)

Manfred Diehl

Part 2 Socioeconomic Structures and the Self

187

(118)

7. Practical Consciousness, Social Class, and Self-Concept: A View From Sociology

187

(36)

Jon Hendricks

8. Educational Attainment and Self-Making in Later Life

223

(24)

Melissa M. Franks

A. Regula Herzog

Diane Holmberg

Hazel R. Markus

9. Forging Macro-Micro Linkages in the Study of Psychological Well-Being

247

(32)

Carol D. Ryff

William J. Magee

Kristen C. Kling

Edgar H. Wing

10. Income and Subjective Well-Being Over the Life Cycle

279

(26)

Richard A. Easterlin

Christine M. Schaeffer

Part 3 Contexts of Self and Society: Work and Family

305

(178)

11. Structure and Agency in the Retirement Process: A Case Study of Montreal Garment Workers

305

(34)

Julie A. McMullin

Victor W. Marshall

12. Gender and Distress in Later Life: The Importance of Lifelong Employment and Familial Experiences

339

(23)

Lorraine Davies

13. The Caregiving Context: The Intersection of Social and Individual Influences in the Experience of Family Caregiving

362

(36)

Marsha Mailick Seltzer

Jan S. Greenberg

14. Linking Social Structure and Self-Concept: Variations in Sense of Mastery

398

(25)

Marilyn McKean Skaff

15. Intersections of Society, Family, and Self Among Hispanics in Middle and Later Life

423

(30)

Sonia Miner

Julian Montoro-Rodriguez

16. The Social Psychology of Values: Effects of Individual Development, Social Change, and Family Transmission Over the Life Span

453

(30)

Robert E. L. Roberts

Vern L. Bengtson

Index

483

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