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Social Problems across the Life Course
Helena Z. Lopata (Anthology Editor) , Judith A. Levy (Anthology Editor) , Patricia A. Adler (Contributor) , Peter Adler (Contributor) , Christine Bowditch (Contributor) , Spencer E. Cahill (Contributor) ,
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Social Problems across the Life Course
Helena Z. Lopata (Anthology Editor) , Judith A. Levy (Anthology Editor) , Patricia A. Adler (Contributor) , Peter Adler (Contributor) , Christine Bowditch (Contributor) , Spencer E. Cahill (Contributor) ,
- Textbook
Description
The human life course is filled with and subject to a wide range of personal difficulties, many of which are shared by others. Life events and processes such as birth, childhood, training for and entering an occupation, marriage, and procreation, growing older, death and dying are all subject to dilemmas, obstacles, and barriers. Social Problems across the Life Course offers accessible readings that examine the societal construction of social problems out of the personal troubles that people confront at major life stages. The essays provide an overview and illustrate the theory and principals that inform both the life course and social problems. Introductions by the editors vividly introduce the research and key theories in this unique anthology, perhaps the only one available to help students understand how life stages and personal and social problems interact.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 The Construction of Social Problems across the Life Course
Part 3 II Social Problems in Childhood
Chapter 4 Childhood and Public Life: Reaffirming Biographical Divisions
Chapter 5 Sexuality and Gender in Childrens' Daily Worlds
Part 6 III Socialization and Education
Chapter 7 Getting Rid of Troublemakers: High School Disciplinary Procedures and Production of Dropouts
Chapter 8 Learning Collective Eminence: Harvard Law School and the Social Production of Elite Lawyers
PART 9 IV Adolescence and Yound Adulthood
Chapter 10 From Empty Nest to Crowded Nest: The Dynamics of Incompletely-launched Young Adults
Chapter 11 Social Construction of HIV Transmission and Prevention among Heterosexual Young Adults
Part 12 V Marriage and Family
Chapter 13 Thinking about the Baby: Gender Divisions of Infant Care
Chapter 14 Contributions to Children by Divorced Fathers
Part 15 VI Careers
Chapter 16 Outsider within the Station House: The Impact of Race and Gender on Black Women
Chapter 17 Shifts and Oscillations in Deviant Careers
Part 18 VII Aging and Dying
Chapter 19 The Politics of Menopause: The 'Discovery' of a Deficiency Disease
Chapter 20 Family Status and Poverty among Older Women: The Gendered Distribution of Retirement Income in the United States
Chapter 21 Failing Health Care and the Desire for Independence: Two Conflicting Aspects of Health Care in Old Age
Chapter 22 Death and Personal History: Strategies of Identity Preservation
Part 23 VIII Conclusions
Product details
| Published | 03 Sep 2003 |
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| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9780585479415 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Series | Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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