Handbook of Sociology of Aging

This second edition of the highly successful handbook builds on the first by offering a comprehensive, engaging, and up-to-date treatment of developments within the field of the sociology of aging. Beyond presenting an overview and update of foundational matters like advancements in theory and methodology, this edition addresses cutting-edge topics not covered in the first edition. These encompass intersectionality, sexuality, dementia, kinless aging, online social connectedness, grandparenting, death and dying, older adults in the workplace, politics, and the criminal justice system. It also considers aging in the context of crises, highlighting how the recent COVID-19 pandemic and environmental risks intersect with age-related policy, care, and inequality. This edition also extends the handbook's global reach, featuring 13 chapters with contributing authors based outside the United States.Including chapters from both established and emerging scholars, this handbook is the go-to reference for students, scholars, and practitioners interested in the implications of aging for individuals, families, and societies.  This handbook makes a strong case for the central role of sociology in understanding the challenges and opportunities of an ageing world. Bringing together leading scholars in the sociology of ageing, it speaks to wider questions about inequality, institutions, the life course and social change. Whether you are new to the field or have worked in it for decades, this handbook takes stock of where we are and lays the foundations for the future of the sociology of ageing.Tine Buffel, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology, The University of Manchester, UK----The Handbook of Sociology of Aging (2nd Edition) appears at a critical time when population aging has moved from abstract future to global reality.  Scholars from around the world demonstrate how the dynamics of this demographic shift interact with other forms of significant social change, including shifting family forms, extended working lives, increasing technology, and enduring inequality.  The Handbook is impressive in its breadth, as well as its editorial vision to situate inquiry about age and aging as essential across all domains of social life.Jessica A. Kelley, Ph.D.Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, USA-----Fifteen years after its first publication, this Handbook arrives now in a highly welcome second edition. With an extended cast of editors and authors and an updated range of topics, it makes its case with renewed force and urgency: that sociology in all its plurality is indispensable for understanding aging as a life course and population process, and that vice-versa, aging is an indispensable challenge for a sociology that is up to its task of conceptualizing contemporary societies and their change. Martin Kohli, Ph.D.Emeritus Professor of Sociology, European University Institute, Italy-----The second edition of the Handbook of Sociology of Aging is a remarkable and timely contribution to the field. Bringing together leading scholars and cutting-edge research, it offers a theoretically rich and comprehensive account of aging as a social, relational, and institutional process. Its integration of scholarship on inequality, intersectionality, family, work, health, care, political economy, and emerging societal challenges highlights sociology’s distinctive contributions to understanding aging and the life course. This volume will be an invaluable resource for scholars, graduate students, and anyone interested in the sociology of aging, while providing an important foundation for future research.Hui Liu, Ph.D.Professor of Sociology, Director of Center on Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University, USA