New directions in the sociology of aging / Panel on New Directions in Social Demography, Social Epidemiology, and the Sociology of Aging ; Linda J. Waite and Thomas J. Plewes, editors ; Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waite, Linda J., editor.

Plewes, Thomas J., editor.

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on New Directions in Social Demography, Social Epidemiology, and the Sociology of Aging, issuing body.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population aging--Social aspects--United States.

Population aging.

Population aging--Economic aspects--United States.

Population aging--Health aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 3, 2014).

ISBN:

9780309293006

0309293006

9780309292986

0309292980

OCLC:

893521322