Handbook of the life course, Volume II

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Label

Handbook of the life course, Volume II

Title number

Volume II

Statement of responsibility

Michael J. Shanahan, Jeylan T. Mortimer, Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, editors

Contributor

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

Editor

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

Subject

• Developmental psychology
• Life cycle, Human -- Social aspects

Language

eng

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 ĺlnext stepsĺl 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; methodological innovations, including qualitative and three-generational longitudinal research designs, causal analysis, growth curves, and the study of place; and building bridges between life course research and public policy

Member of

• Handbooks of sociology and social research
• Online access with purchase: Springer

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

305.2

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

HQ799.95

LC item number

.H36 2016eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Handbooks of sociology and social research