Research Catalog

Title

Handbook of the life course. Volume II / editors, Michael J. Shanahan, Jeylan T. Mortimer, Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson.

Publication

• New York : Springer, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shanahan, Michael J.
• Mortimer, Jeylan T., 1943-
• Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick

Description

x, 720 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Summary

"Building on the success of the 2003 Handbook of the Life Course, this second volume identifies future directions for life course research and policy. The introductory essay and the chapters that make up the five sections of this book, show consensus on strategic "next steps" in life course studies. These next steps are explored in detail in each section: Section I, on life course theory, provides fresh perspectives on well-established topics, including cohorts, life stages, and legal and regulatory contexts. It challenges life course scholars to move beyond common individualistic paradigms. Section II highlights changes in major institutional and organizational contexts of the life course. It draws on conceptual advances and recent empirical findings to identify promising avenues for research that illuminate the interplay between structure and agency. It examines trends in family, school, and workplace, as well as contexts that deserve heightened attention, including the military, the criminal justice system, and natural and man-made disaster. The remaining three sections consider advances and suggest strategic opportunities in the study of health and development throughout the life course. They explore methodological innovations, including qualitative and three-generational longitudinal research designs, causal analysis, growth curves, and the study of place. Finally, they show ways to build bridges between life course research and public policy."-Back cover.

Series Statement

Handbooks of sociology and social research

Uniform Title

Handbooks of sociology and social research.

Subject

• Life cycle, Human > Social aspects
• Developmental psychology
• Levensloop
• Ontwikkelingspsychologie
• Developmental psychology

Genre/Form

Handboeken (vorm)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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

ISBN

• 3319208799
• 9783319208794

OCLC

• 910412285
• SCSB-11903451

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library