Handbook of the life course. Volume II ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael J. Shanahan, Jeylan T. Mortimer, Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, editors.
• Editors: Shanahan, Michael J; Mortimer, Jeylan T, 1943-; Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick
• Contents: About the Editors; Introduction: Life Course Studies -- Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions; 1 Growth, Diffusion, Opportunities and Challenges; 2 Organization of Handbook II; 3 Section I: Foundations of Life Course Research; 4 Section II: Changing Social Contexts and Life Course Patterns; 5 Section III: Health and Development Through the Life Course; 6 Section IV: Methods for Life Course Research; 7 Section V: The Life Course and Policy, Building the Nexus; References; Part I: Foundations of Life Course Studies and Future Research. Institutionalization of Life Course Studies1 Origins and Development; 1.1 Early Studies; 1.2 Expansion; 1.2.1 British Studies; 1.2.2 Swedish Studies; 1.2.3 Australasian and Canadian Studies; 1.2.4 US Studies; 1.2.5 German Studies; 1.2.6 Household Panel Surveys; 1.2.7 Census- Based Studies; 1.3 Review; 2 Foundations of Growth; 2.1 Technological; 2.2 Methodological; 2.3 Theoretical; 3 Consolidation and Growth; 3.1 New Studies; 3.2 Intergenerational Studies; 3.3 Cross-National Studies and Collaborations; 3.4 New Data; 3.4.1 Biomarker Data; 3.4.2 Geocoded Data. 3.4.3 Administrative Data3.4.4 Social and Psychological Data; 3.5 International Standards; 3.6 Review; 4 Institutionalisation; 5 Challenges and Prospects; 5.1 Collaboration; 5.2 Historical Context; 5.3 Research Ethics; 5.4 Attrition; 5.5 Respondent Burden; 5.6 Investment and Impact; 5.7 Distribution; 5.8 Conceptualisation; 6 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Age, Cohorts, and the Life Course; 1 Conceptual Issues and Perspectives; 1.1 Early Contributions; 1.2 The Challenges of Heterogeneity and Context; 1.3 The Emergence and Consequences of Life Course Theory and Research. 2 Cohort Differences: A Window to Historical and Social Change2.1 A Note on Theory and Processes; 2.2 Secularization: Cohort Changes in Religious Participation and Authority; 2.2.1 Religious Service Attendance and Beliefs; 2.2.2 Religious Authority; 2.2.3 Non-religious Spirituality; 2.3 Demographic Change Associated with Cohort Size; 2.4 Demographic Change in Family Structure and Dynamics; 2.5 Cohort Differences in Gender Role Attitudes; 2.5.1 Egalitarian Gender Roles; 2.6 Final Thoughts on Inter-cohort Differences. 3 Historical Variation Within Cohorts: Life Course and Developmental Effects3.1 Living Through Depression and War; 3.2 Moving Off the Land; 4 The Impact of Life Course Change; 5 Conclusion; References; Opening the Social: Sociological Imagination in Life Course Studies; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Common Phenomena, Divergent Explanations; 1.2 Containing the Social: The Functional-Developmental Nexus and Sociological Explanation; 2 Containing the Social: Three Examples; 2.1 Agency: The "Big Easy" of the Life Course; 2.1.1 Agency and Life Transitions; 2.1.2 Agency and Precariousness.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 720 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 305.2; Social sciences; Life cycle, Human -- Social aspects; Developmental psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Developmental psychology; Life cycle, Human -- Social aspects; Psychology -- Developmental -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Child & developmental psychology; Political economy; Population; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Sociology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319208800; 3319208802
• Related ISBNs: 9783319208794; 3319208799
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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