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Changing Contract across Generations
Av Vern L. Bengtson, W. Andrew Achenbaum
Inbunden, 1993
1831 kr
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Generational conflict has attracted considerable attention in the media and within academic circles during the past decade. At the center of this collection of papers analyzing various facets of that conflict lie complex issues of generational equity - issues that will remain important for the …
Robert N. Butler, MD
Visionary of Healthy Aging
Inbunden, 2013
646 kr
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Robert Neil Butler (1927-2010) was a scholar, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who revolutionized the way the world thinks about aging and the elderly. One of the first psychiatrists to engage with older men and women outside of institutional settings, Butler coined the term "ageism" …
Social Welfare in America
An Annotated Bibliography
Av W. Andrew Achenbaum, Walter I. Trattner m. fl.
Inbunden, 1983
924 kr
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Profiles in Gerontology
A Biographical Dictionary
Av W. Andrew Achenbaum, Daniel M. Albert
Inbunden, 1995
984 kr
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Following an introduction that outlines the history and projects the future of gerontology, the authors offer insightful profiles of roughly 300 researchers, teachers, and practitioners in aging. North Americans are heavily represented, though gerontologists from Great Britain and the Continent are …
Social Security
Visions and Revisions: A Twentieth Century Fund Study
Inbunden, 1986
1009 kr
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Franklin Roosevelt envisioned social security to be the cornerstone 'for the kind of protection America wants' from the financial troubles people faced due to old age and family tragedies. By fulfilling its initial promise, social security has evolved into the nation's largest, costliest, and most …
Social Security
Visions and Revisions: A Twentieth Century Fund Study
Häftad, 1988
569 kr
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Franklin Roosevelt envisioned social security to be the cornerstone 'for the kind of protection America wants' from the financial troubles people faced due to old age and family tragedies. By fulfilling its initial promise, social security has evolved into the nation's largest, costliest, and most …
Crossing Frontiers
Gerontology Emerges as a Science
Inbunden, 1995
1089 kr
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Although philosophers, physicians, and others have long pondered the meanings and experiences of growing older, gerontology did not emerge as a scientific field of inquiry in the United States until the twentieth century. The study of aging borrows from a variety of other disciplines, including …
Crossing Frontiers
Gerontology Emerges as a Science
Häftad, 1995
435 kr
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Although philosophers, physicians, and others have long pondered the meanings and experiences of growing older, gerontology did not emerge as a scientific field of inquiry in the United States until the twentieth century. The study of aging borrows from a variety of other disciplines, including …
Older Americans, Vital Communities
A Bold Vision for Societal Aging
Häftad, 2008
382 kr
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Impelled by the realization that his undergraduate students seem unaware of their place in a personal or societal trajectory over time, Achenbaum has written a book that will capture the attention of students and others alike. He states, "Life's Uncertain Voyage attempts to grapple with major …
Voices and Visions of Aging
Toward a Critical Gerontology
Av W. Andrew Achenbaum, Thomas R. Cole m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1302 kr
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A critical gerontology requires more than a simple elaboration of existing humanistic scholarship on aging. This exceptional new work introduces a basis for genuine dialogue across humanistic, scientific, and professional disciplines. Among the topics addressed are industrial employment, …
Fairy Tale Wisdom
Stories for the Second Half of Life
Av W. Andrew Achenbaum, Barbara Lewis m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
312 kr
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2023 Nautilus Gold Award Winner Later life, for all the challenges and changes that come with it, is a time to embark upon a uniquely exciting adventure. It is, in many ways, an inner journey, one of deepening our understanding of our lives and our selves by tapping into the rich cache of …
Safeguarding Social Security for Future Generations
Leaving a Legacy in an Aging Society
E-bok, 2023
661 kr
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This book offers a unique multigenerational approach to saving Social Security. Public programs have adapted to societal aging, but fears overwhelm hopes for Social Security’s future prospects. Conservatives want to privatize operations that liberals seek to expand. Younger workers are happy that …
Safeguarding Social Security for Future Generations
Leaving a Legacy in an Aging Society
E-bok, 2023
661 kr
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This book offers a unique multigenerational approach to saving Social Security. Public programs have adapted to societal aging, but fears overwhelm hopes for Social Security’s future prospects. Conservatives want to privatize operations that liberals seek to expand. Younger workers are happy that …
Safeguarding Social Security for Future Generations
Leaving a Legacy in an Aging Society
Häftad, 2023
578 kr
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This book offers a unique multigenerational approach to saving Social Security. Public programs have adapted to societal aging, but fears overwhelm hopes for Social Security’s future prospects. Conservatives want to privatize operations that liberals seek to expand. Younger workers are happy that …
Safeguarding Social Security for Future Generations
Leaving a Legacy in an Aging Society
Inbunden, 2023
2145 kr
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This book offers a unique multigenerational approach to saving Social Security. Public programs have adapted to societal aging, but fears overwhelm hopes for Social Security’s future prospects. Conservatives want to privatize operations that liberals seek to expand. Younger workers are happy that …
Soulful Aging
Inbunden, 2024
2437 kr
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This book seeks to map out the parameters and boundaries of soulful aging and explores philosophical and theological perspectives on the way we grow older. It extends work in the behavioural and social sciences which address the diverse and contested connections of older people’s inner voices and …
Soulful Aging
Häftad, 2025
685 kr
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This book seeks to map out the parameters and boundaries of soulful aging and explores philosophical and theological perspectives on the way we grow older. It extends work in the behavioural and social sciences which address the diverse and contested connections of older people’s inner voices and …
Soulful Aging
E-bok, 2024
831 kr
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This book seeks to map out the parameters and boundaries of soulful aging and explores philosophical and theological perspectives on the way we grow older. It extends work in the behavioural and social sciences which address the diverse and contested connections of older people’s inner voices and …
Soulful Aging
E-bok, 2024
831 kr
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This book seeks to map out the parameters and boundaries of soulful aging and explores philosophical and theological perspectives on the way we grow older. It extends work in the behavioural and social sciences which address the diverse and contested connections of older people’s inner voices and …
Changing Contract across Generations
Av W. Andrew Achenbaum, Vern L. Bengtson
E-bok, 2024
1022 kr
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Generational conflict has attracted considerable attention in the media and within academic circles during the past decade. At the center of this collection of papers analyzing various facets of that conflict lie complex issues of generational equity - issues that will remain important for the …
Changing Contract across Generations
Av W. Andrew Achenbaum, Vern L. Bengtson
E-bok, 2024
1000 kr
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Generational conflict has attracted considerable attention in the media and within academic circles during the past decade. At the center of this collection of papers analyzing various facets of that conflict lie complex issues of generational equity - issues that will remain important for the …
Old Age in the New Land
The American Experience since 1790
Häftad, 2020
570 kr
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Originally published in 1978. Drawing on a wide range of sources from social, intellectual, and political history, Old Age in the New Land analyzes the changing fates and fortunes of America's elderly in the course of its history. By providing a historical perspective on society's conceptions of …
Fairy Tale Wisdom
Stories for the Second Half of Life
Av William L Randall, Barbara Lewis m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
271 kr
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