Reflecting the extraordinary growth of research on aging individuals, populations, and the dynamic culmination of the life course, the Ninth Edition of Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences provides a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the social sciences of aging. The complexities of population dynamics, cohort succession, and policy changes modify the world and its inhabitants in ways that must be vigilantly monitored so that aging research remains relevant and accurate. Completely revised, this edition not only includes the foundational, classic themes of aging research, but also a rich array of emerging topics and perspectives that advance the field in exciting ways. New topics include families, immigration, social factors and cognition, caregiving, neighborhoods and built environments, natural disasters, religion and health, and sexual behavior, among others.

The Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences serves as a useful resource?an inspiration to those searching for ways to contribute to the aging enterprise, and a tribute to the rich bodies of scholarship that comprise aging research in the social sciences.

Feature

• Includes aging topics at both the micro- and macro-level
• Addresses the intersection of the individual and aggregate factors
• Covers a spectrum of disciplines, including demography, economics, epidemiology, gerontology, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and statistics
• Brings together the work of almost fifty leading scholars to provide a deeper understanding of aging

1. Aging, the Life Course, and the Sociological Imagination 2. Aging, Cohorts, and Methods/Quantitative Methods 3. Qualitative Methods 4. Demography of Aging 5. Immigration 6. Global Aging 7. Racial and Ethnic Influences over the Life Course 8. Stratification and Inequality over the Life Course 9. Gender and Aging 10. Families 11. Health Disparities among Older Adults 12. Social Factors and Cognition 13. Stress and Aging 14. Caregiving 15. Economic Status of the Aged in the United States 16. Employment and Aging 17. Effects of Neighborhoods and the Built Environment 18. Effects of Natural Disasters on Older Adults 19. Politics and Aging in the United States 20. The Future of the Retirement Security 21. Organization and Financing of Health Care 22. Religion and Health in Later Life 23. Social Networks of Older people 24. Aging and Sexual Behavior 25. Early Origins of Adult Health