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The Need for Theory

Critical Approaches to Social Gerontology

By: Simon Biggs,Jon Hendricks,Ariela Lowenstein

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The Need for Theory

Critical Approaches to Social Gerontology

By: Simon Biggs,Jon Hendricks,Ariela Lowenstein

The "Need for Theory" speaks to the burgeoning need for critical thinking in social gerontology. The editors have brought together some of the foremost contributors to theoretical advances in the field. This volume incorporates state-of-the-art theorizing with a focus on selected topical areas facing gerontologists around the world. Using their keen insights into substantive issues, the contributors examine personal and structural changes affecting individuals over the life course. Extolling the need for theory is not enough; the contributors focus their insights on a panoply of substantive issues, linking the personal with the political and with the structural parameters that shape the process of aging, no matter where it occurs.

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1351863274

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Generational Intelligence

A Critical Approach to Age Relations

By: Simon Biggs,Ariela Lowenstein

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A Critical Approach to Age Relations

By: Simon Biggs,Ariela Lowenstein

The question of communication and understanding between different generations is emerging as a key issue for the twenty-first century. The advent of ageing populations may lead to increased conflict or solidarity in society, and provokes a profound ambivalence both in public and in the private sphere. In a new approach, Biggs and Lowenstein offer a critical examination of Generational Intelligence as one way of addressing these issues. How easy is it to put yourself in the shoes of someone of a different age group? What are the personal, interpersonal and social factors that affect our perceptions of the ‘age other’? What are the key issues facing families, workplaces and communities in an ageing society? This book sets out a way of thinking about interpersonal relations based on age, and the question of communication between people of different ages and generations. The book challenges existing orthodoxies for relations between adults of different ages and draws out steps that can be taken to increase understanding between generational groups. The authors outline a series of steps that can be taken to enhance Generational Intelligence, examine existing theories and social issues, and suggest new directions for sustainable relations between generational groups.

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1136804730

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Elder Abuse

Selected Papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence

By: Elizabeth Podnieks,Ariela Lowenstein,Jordan I Kosberg

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Elder Abuse

Selected Papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence

By: Elizabeth Podnieks,Ariela Lowenstein,Jordan I Kosberg

Get up-to-date information and research on elder abuse—from international authorities! Elder Abuse: Selected Papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence is an invaluable collection of the most important presentation papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence. This comprehensive book presents the latest research and detailed information on the difficult issues surrounding elder abuse around the world. International experts use a multidisciplinary approach to provide ideas and insights to help provide researchers, educators, and practitioners with practical strategies for dealing with the numerous facets of this disturbing issue. Different types of abuse are explored in detail, including physical, financial, and emotional. This comprehensive source is richly referenced, with helpful tables to clearly explain data valuable to all law and health professionals involved in the issues of elder abuse. Elder Abuse: Selected Papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence discusses: grandparents raising grandchildren the elder abuse of custodial grandparents combating financial abuse of elders by others a study of elder abuse within diverse cultures forensic medical examination form for improved documentation and prosecution of elder abuse elder abuse in faith communities older women, domestic violence, and elder abuse elder abuse risk indicators elder abuse multidisciplinary teams Elder Abuse: Selected Papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence is essential reading for researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers in the fields of aging, health, mental health, social services, adult protective services, domestic violence, law, and criminal justice.

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Elder Abuse

Selected Papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence

By: Elizabeth Podnieks,Ariela Lowenstein,Jordan I Kosberg

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Selected Papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence

By: Elizabeth Podnieks,Ariela Lowenstein,Jordan I Kosberg

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Global Aging and Its Challenge to Families

By: Vern L. Bengtson,Ariela Lowenstein

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Global Aging and Its Challenge to Families

By: Vern L. Bengtson,Ariela Lowenstein

The recent explosion in population aging across the globe represents one of the most remarkable demographic changes in human history. There is much concern about population aging and its consequences for nations, for governments, and for individuals. It has often been noted that population aging will inevitably affect the economic stability of most countries and the policies of most state governments. What is less obvious, but equally important, is that population aging will profoundly affect families. Who will care for the growing numbers of tomorrow's very old members of societies? Will it be state governments? The aged themselves? Their families? The purpose of this volume is to examine consequences of global aging for families and intergenerational support, and for nations as they plan for the future. Four remarkable social changes during the past fifty years are highlighted: (1) Extension of the life course: A generation has been added to the average span of life over the past century; (2) Changes in the age structures of nations: Most nations today have many more elders, and many fewer children, than fifty years ago; (3) Changes in family structures and relationships: Some of these differences are the result of trends in family structure, notably higher divorce rates and the higher incidence of childbearing to single parents; (4) Changes in governmental responsibilities: In the last decade, governmental responsibility appears to have slowed or reversed as states reduce welfare expenditures. How will families respond to twenty-first-century problems associated with population aging? Will families indeed be important in the twenty-first century, or will kinship and the obligations across generations become increasingly irrelevant, replaced by "personal communities"? This volume goes a considerable distance to answer these critical issues for the twenty-first century. Vern L. Bengtson is an AARP/University Chair in Gerontology and Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California. Ariela Lowenstein is associate professor and head, Department of Aging Studies, University of Haifa, Israel.

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The Need for Theory

Critical Approaches to Social Gerontology

By: Simon Biggs,Jon Hendricks,Ariela Lowenstein

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Critical Approaches to Social Gerontology

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Generational Intelligence

A Critical Approach to Age Relations

By: Simon Biggs,Ariela Lowenstein

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A Critical Approach to Age Relations

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The Need for Theory

The Need for Theory

Generational Intelligence

Generational Intelligence

Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse

Global Aging and Its Challenge to Families

Global Aging and Its Challenge to Families

The Need for Theory

The Need for Theory

Generational Intelligence

Generational Intelligence

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