Aging and the Life Course: An Introduction to Social Gerontology - Hardcover

Quadagno, Jill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1260804275 ISBN 13: 9781260804270

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2021

Synopsis

Aging and the Life Course: An Introduction to Social Gerontology, examines the relationship between quality of life in old age and its experiential catalysts. Throughout the text, an emphasis is placed on the intersectionality of race, class, gender, and culture, and how these classifications affect quality of life. Students will come away with a broad background for understanding crucial and current policy debates. 

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About the Author

Jill Quadagno is the Mildred and Claude Pepper Eminent Scholar Chair in Social Gerontology at Florida State University. She earned her B.A from Pennsylvania State University, her M.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, and her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. Dr. Quadagno is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Section on Aging of the American Sociological Association, the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship. In 1994, she served as Senior Policy Advisor in the President's Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform. She is the author of numerous books on aging and social policy issues, and is presently serving as President of the American Sociological Society for 1997-1998.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1260804275
• ISBN 13: 9781260804270
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448