Gender and the life course. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Alice S. Rossi.
• Other Names: Rossi, Alice S, 1922-2009; American Sociological Association.
• Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- List of contributors -- I. Gender and the life course in historical perspective. Evolutionary perspectives on sex differences in the higher primates / Jane B. Lancaster -- Age, gender, and the demographic transition: the life course in agrarian societies / Sarah LeVine and Robert A. LeVine -- The life cycle, savings, and demographic adaptation: some historical evidence for the United States and Europe / Michael R. Haines -- The demography of life-span transitions: temporal and gender comparisons / Dennis P. Hogan -- II. Gender differentiation and social institutions. Gender and individual development. The psychobiology of gender / Anke A. Ehrhardt -- The subjective experience of life-span transitions / Carol D. Ryff -- Gender, age, and deviance. The effect of age and gender on deviant behavior: a biopyschosocial perspective / Walter R. Gove -- Gender and the family. Fertility as an adjustment to risk / Mead Cain -- Gender and parenthood / Alice S. Rossi -- Gender and the economy. Family, gender, and occupation in industrial France: past and present / Louse A. Tilly -- The work histories of women and men: what we know and what we need to find out / Donald J. Treiman -- Organizational barriers to gender equality: sex segregation of jobs and opportunities / James N. Baron and William T. Bielby -- Gender and the state. Gender politics: love and power in the private and public spheres / Francesca M. Cancian -- Women and the state: ideology, power, and the welfare state / Frances Fox Piven -- III. Gender and the life course in aging societies. Interpretive social science and research on aging / Bernice L. Neugarten -- Life-course analysis in social gerontology: using replicated social surveys to study cohort differences / Richard T. Campbell, Jeffrey Abolafia, and George L. Maddox -- Aging policies and old women: the hidden agendy / Beth B. Hess -- Women, men, and the lengthening life course / Matilda White Riley -- Author index -- Subject index.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (368 pages)
• Subjects: 305.3; Sex; Sex differences; Sex role; Life cycle, Human; Sexualité; Différences entre sexes; Rôle selon le sexe; Étapes de la vie; Life cycle, Human; Sex; Sex differences; Sex role; Geschlechterrolle; Lebensalter; Lebenslauf; Sexualität; Kongress; Aging -- psychology; Gender Identity; Identification (Psychology); Life Change Events; Aufsatzsammlung; Kongress -- Detroit (Mich.) -- 1983; Detroit (Mich., 1983)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351329026; 1351329022
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.