Ageing, Meaning and Social Structure, edited by Jan Baars, Joseph Dohmen, Amanda Grenier and Chris Phillipson is now available from Policy Press / University of Chicago Press. “A much-needed integration of two relatively new but flourishing areas of ageing studies, which have developed separately up to now. I gained fresh insights from each and every chapter.” — Peter G. Coleman, Professor of Psychogerontology, University of Southampton. Continue reading →

“This SAGE Handbook integrates basic research on social dimensions of aging. It presents programmatic applications of research in areas not often seen in Handbooks including imprisonment, technology and aging, urban society aged, and elderly migration. The authors constitute a ‘Who’s Who’ of international gerontology, and the focus on globalization and aging is unique among Handbooks today. This Handbook should be in the library of every social gerontologist” - Vern L. Bengtson, University of Southern California Continue reading →