Publisher's Synopsis
For sophomore/senior-level courses on the Sociology of Aging or Introductory Gerontology.
This comprehensive overview of the social aspects of the aging experience -- from the standpoint of both the individual and the wider society -- focuses on North American and worldwide trends, and the social positions of the elderly both now and in the twenty-first century. It assesses both the causes and direction of social change in the modern world brought on by the aging society.
