The Need for Theory Critical Approaches to Social Gerontology |
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| Author:
| Lowenstein, Ariela
Biggs, Simon
Hendricks, Jon |
| Series title: | Society and Aging Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89503-782-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2003 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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Is 'age' by itself inclusive enough to make sense of changes and transitions over the life course? The Need for Theory explores how best to alloy the standard analytic techniques employed by social gerontologists to provide a more effective, nuanced, and insightful view of the assumptive realities thought to characterise the later years. Readers will come away from this book a little less sanguine about the nature of cause and effect within the experience of aging.
Is 'age' by itself inclusive enough to make sense of changes and transitions over the life course? The Need for Theory explores how best to alloy the standard analytic techniques employed by social gerontologists to provide a more effective, nuanced, and insightful view of the assumptive realities thought to characterise the later years. Readers will come away from this book a little less sanguine about the nature of cause and effect within the experience of aging.