Productive aging
Subtitle: concepts and challenges
By: edited by Nancy Morrow-Howell, James Hinterlong, and Michael Sherraden.
Contributors: Morrow-Howell, Nancy, 1952-; Hinterlong, James, 1970-; Sherraden, Michael W. 1948-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Older people; Life span, Productive
Description: This book treats the implications of productive aging as challenges. It combines the theories of gerontology with practical considerations and acknowledging the contributions of leading researchers in the field of aging. As baby boomers are aging, they can hope to maintain a quality of life that previous generations have not enjoyed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The history and current state of productive aging. Productive aging : principles and perspectives / James Hinterlong, Nancy Morrow-Howell, and Michael Sherraden. Productive aging in historical perspective / W. Andrew Achenbaum. Productive aging : a conceptual framework / Scott A. Bass and Francis G. Caro; title: Disciplinary perspectives on productive aging. Biomedical perspectives on productive aging / Alvar Svanborg. Psychological implications of productive aging / James E. Birren. Sociological perspectives on productive aging / Brent A. Taylor and Vern L. Bengtson. Productive aging : an economist's view / James H.. Schulz; title: Emergent theories in gerontology. Productive aging and the ideology of old age / Harry R. Moody. The political economy of productive aging / Carroll L. Estes and Jane Mahakian. Changes over the life course in productive activities : black and white comparison / James Jackson; title: Future directions in practices, theory, and research. Structural lead : building the new institution for an aging America / Marc Freedman.  Productive aging : theoretical choices and directions / Michael Sherraden, Nancy Morrow-Howell, and James Hinterlong. Setting a research agenda on productivity in later life / Nancy Morrow-Howell ... [et al.]