Overview
- Provides an overview of key theoretical perspectives, concepts, and methodological approaches that, while applied to diverse phenomena, are united in their general approach to the study of lives across age phases
- Presents probative concepts and methods and identifies promising avenues for future research
- A major reference work and a seminal text, it is essential reading for social scientists studying phases within the life course, social psychologists in sociology and psychology, demographers and academics in the field of the life course as well as students in these disciplines
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research (HSSR)
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Life Course Perspective
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Historical and Cross-National Variability in the Life Course
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Normative Structuring of the Life Course
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Movement Through the Life Course
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Front Matter
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Institutional Structuring of Life Course Trajectories
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About this book
This comprehensive handbook provides an overview of key theoretical perspectives, concepts, and methodological approaches that, while applied to diverse phenomena, are united in their general approach to the study of lives across age phases. In surveying the wide terrain of life course studies with dual emphases on theory and empirical research, this important reference work presents probative concepts and methods and identifies promising avenues for future research.
Included are sections on history and cross-national variability, normative structuring, movement through the life course, transitions in the life course, turning points, connections between life phases, methodology, and the future of the life course. A major reference work and a seminal text, it is essential reading for social scientists studying phases within the life course, social psychologists in sociology and psychology, demographers and academics in the field of the life course as well as students in thesedisciplines.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This weighty collection of 34 research studies comprehensively examines the 'life course,' defined as '...the age graded socially-embedded sequence of roles that connect the phases of life.' The text's strenghts: comprehensiveness and comparative and historical perspectives. Highly recommended. Reference collections, upper-division undergraduate and above." (S.D. Borchert, Lake Erie College, CHOICE)
"Many of the current luminaries or up-and -comers in life course research are included. On balance this is a terrific book. And at 728 pages is is brimming with insights, syntheses, and reference material. (Just for fun, it weights 3 lbs. 13 oz). This book is well worth the price and will be a welcome addition to any library." (Timothy J. Owens, Purdue University, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews.)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of the Life Course
Editors: Jeylan T. Mortimer, Michael J. Shanahan
Series Title: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b100507
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47498-9Published: 30 September 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-32457-9Published: 30 May 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48247-2Published: 14 December 2007
Series ISSN: 1389-6903
Series E-ISSN: 2542-839X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 728
Topics: Sociology, general, Clinical Psychology, Population Economics