Handbook of Theories of Aging
Vern Bengtson, Merril Silverstein, Norella Putney and Daphna Gans are editing a new edition of one of the most frequently cited books in the field of Gerontology recently, the 1999 Handbook of Theories of Aging. To this new Handbook Jan Baars has contributed a chapter called Problematic Theoretical Foundations: Time, Age and Aging.
Handbook of Theories of Aging was published by Springer Publishing Co. in November 2008. Springer will have a big celebration at the Gerontological Society Annual Meeting November 21-24 in Maryland.
Table of Contents
| Part 1. | Setting the Context of Theories of Aging |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1: | Theorizing about Age and Aging |
| Vern Bengtson, Merril Silverstein, Norella Putney, and Daphna Gans | |
| Chapter 2: | A Metahistorical Perspective on Theories of Aging |
| W. Andrew Achenbaum | |
| Chapter 3: | An Evolutionary Theory of Human Lifespan: Embodied Capital and the Human Adaptive Complex |
| Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven, and Jeffrey Winking | |
| Part II. | Theorizing Aging across Disciplines |
| Chapter 4: | Biodemography and Aging across Disciplines |
| Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn and Eileen M. Crimmins | |
| Chapter 5: | Problematic Foundations: Theorizing Time, Age and Aging |
| Jan Baars | |
| Chapter 6: | Deriving a Sense of Meaning in Late Life: An Overlooked Forum for the Development of Interdisciplinary Theory |
| Neal Krause | |
| Chapter 7: | Understanding Healthy Aging: Key Components and their Integration |
| Carol D. Ryff and Burton Singer | |
| Part III: | Biological Theories of Aging |
| Chapter 8: | Making Sense of Biological Theories of Aging |
| Steven N. Austad | |
| Chapter 9: | The Immunological Theory of Aging Revisited |
| Rita B. Effros | |
| Chapter 10: | Modalities of Gene Action Predicted by the Classical Evolutionary Theory of Aging |
| George M. Martin | |
| Chapter 11: | Contribution of a Mouse Model System to Neuroscientific Theories of Learning, Memory, and Aging |
| Diana S. Woodruff-Pak, Richard F. Thompson, and Michael R. Foy | |
| Chapter 12: | Programmed Longevity and Programmed Aging Theories |
| Stavros Gonidakis and Valter D. Longo | |
| Chapter 13: | Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress in Aging |
| Reshma Shringarpure and Kelvin J.A Davies | |
| Part IV: | Psychological Theories of Aging |
| Chapter 14: | The Convoys over the Life Course: A Review and Revision |
| Toni Antonucci, Kira S. Birdett, and Hiroko Akiyama | |
| Chapter 15: | Building Theories of Social Context, Cognition, and Aging |
| Fredda Blanchard Fields and Antje Stange | |
| Chapter 16: | Dynamic Integration Theory: Emotion, Cognition, and Equilibrium in Later Life |
| Gisela Labouvie Vief | |
| Chapter 17: | Cognitive Plasticity |
| Sherry L.Willis, K. Warner Schaie and Mike Martin | |
| Chapter 18: | A Cognitive Control Theory of Aging and Emotional Well-Being |
| Nichole Kryla-Lighthall and Mara Mather | |
| Part V. | Social Science Perspectives on Theories of Aging |
| Chapter 19: | Toward an Integrative Theory of Social Gerontology |
| Scott Bass | |
| Chapter 20: | Towards a Phenomenology of Aging |
| Charles Longino and Jason L. Powell | |
| Chapter 21: | Theorizing the Life Course: New Twists in the Paths |
| Dale Dannefer and Jessica Ann Kelley-Moore | |
| Chapter 22: | Cumulative Inequality Theory for Research on Aging and the Life Course |
| Kenneth F. Ferraro, Tetyana Pylypiv Shippee, and Markus H. Schafer | |
| Chapter 23: | Theorizing Lifestyle: Exploring Agency and Structure in the Life Course |
| Jon Hendricks and Laurie Russell Hatch | |
| Chapter 24: | Theorizing the New Terrain of Old Age |
| Richard A. Settersten, Jr., and Molly E.Trauten | |
| Chapter 25: | Theorizing Feminist Gerontology, Sexuality and Beyond: An Intersectional Approach |
| Toni Calasanti | |
| Chapter 26: | Theorizing Across Cultures |
| Peggye Dilworth Anderson and Monique D. Cohen | |
| Chapter 27: | Out of the Arm Chair and off the Veranda: Anthropology, Experiences and Theories of Age |
| Christine L. Fry | |
| Chapter 28: | Theorizing About Families and Aging From a Feminist Perspective |
| Katherine R. Allen and Alexis J. Walker | |
| Part VI. | Society, Public Policy and Theories of Aging |
| Chapter 29: | From Industrialism to Institutionalism: Theoretical Accounts of Aging Policy Development in the United States |
| Robert B. Hudson | |
| Chapter 30: | The Political Economy Perspective of Aging |
| Ben Lenox Kail, Jill Quadagno, and Jennifer Reid Keene | |
| Chapter 31: | Theory Informing Public Policy: The Life Course Perspective as a Policy Tool |
| Victor W. Marshall | |
| Chapter 32: | Aging and Social Policy: Theorizing the Social |
| Alan Walker | |
| Chapter 33: | Reconstructing Theories of Aging: The Impact of Globalization on Critical Gerontology |
| Chris Phillipson | |
| Chapter 34: | Aging Policy in the Welfare State: Theories and Realities |
| Mats Thorsland and Merril Silverstein | |
| Part VII. | Translating Theories of Aging |
| Chapter 35: | Jurisprudential Gerontology: Theorizing the Relationship between Law and Aging |
| Israel Doron | |
| Chapter 36: | Spirituality, Finitude and Theories of the Lifespan |
| Malcolm L. Johnson | |
| Chapter 37: | A Good Old Age: Theories of Mental Health And Aging |
| Steven H. Zarit | |
| Chapter 38: | Translational Theory: A Wisdom-based Model for Psychological Interventions to Enhance Well-being in Later Life |
| Bob G. Knight and Ken Laidlaw | |
| Chapter 39: | The Construction of Knowledge: A Model of Gerontological Education |
| Ariela Lowenstein and Sara Carmel | |
| Part VIII. | The Future of Theories of Aging |
| Chapter 40: | The Future of Theories of Aging |
| Daphna Gans, Norella M. Putney, Vern L. Bengtson, and Merril Silverstein |