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- Productive Aging: Concepts and Challenges
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Series: Gerontology
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"Will 69 million baby boomers suddenly drop out of the workforce when they turn 65? It is difficult to imagine this generation, with its talent, education, and experience, idling away the last thirty years of life."—From the Foreword, by Robert N. Butler, M.D., The Mount Sinai Medical CenterOld age has been historically thought of as a period of frailty and dependence, yet studies show that with the help of advances in health and medicine, current populations will live longer and remain healthier than previous generations. As average life expectancies rise, traditional concepts of retirement need to be reconsidered on all levels—from government policy to business practice to individual life planning. In this volume, leaders in the field of gerontology explore these changing conditions through the concept of "productive aging," which has been developed by leaders in the field to promote older adults' contributions to society in social and economic capacities.Productive Aging: Concepts and Challenges treats the implications of productive aging for the discipline of gerontology and for society in general. The first section defines the principles, historical perspectives, and conceptual frameworks for productive aging. The second section takes a disciplinary approach, treating the biomedical, psychological, sociological, and economic implications of a more capable older generation. The third section considers advances in theories of gerontology, and the fourth section suggests future directions in practice, theory, and research. Contributors: W. Andrew Achenbaum, University of Houston • Scott A. Bass, University of Maryland-Baltimore • Vern L. Bengtson, University of Southern California • James E. Birren, UCLA • Francis G. Caro, University of Massachusetts Boston • Carroll L. Estes, University of California-San Francisco • Marc Freedman, Civic Ventures (co-founder of Experience Corps) • James Hinterlong, Washington University • James S. Jackson, University of Michigan • Jane L. Mahakian, Pacific Senior Services • Harry R. Moody, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • Nancy Morrow-Howell, Washington University • Philip Rozario, Washington University • James H. Schulz, Brandeis University • Michael Sherraden, Washington University • Alvar Svanborg, University of Illinois-Chicago and Goteburg University, Sweden • Brent A. Taylor, San Diego State University
Table of Contents
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- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xvi
- List of Contributors
- pp. xvii-xix
- I: THE HISTORY AND CURRENT STATE OF PRODUCTIVE AGING
- II: DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON PRODUCTIVE AGING
- 7. Productive Aging: An Economist’s View
- pp. 145-172
- III: EMERGENT THEORIES IN GERONTOLOGY
- 9. The Political Economy of Productive Aging
- pp. 197-213
- IV: FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN PRACTICE, THEORY, AND RESEARCH
Additional Information
ISBN
9780801876578
Related ISBN(s)
9780801865572
MARC Record
OCLC
51481087
Pages
344
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No