{"product_id":"age-and-structural-lag-9780471016786","title":"Age and Structural Lag","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn society at large, lives have been drastically altered over this century--as a consequence of increased longevity, advances in science and education, the gender revolution, improvements in public health, and other historical trends and events--but numerous inflexible social structures, roles, and norms have lagged behind. There is a mismatch or imbalance between the transformation of the aging process from birth to death and the role opportunities or places in the social structure that could foster and reward people at the various stages of their lives. While the twentieth century has experienced a revolution in human development and aging, there has been no comparable revolution in the role structures of society to keep pace with the changes in the ways people grow up and grow old. The lag involves not only institutional and organizational arrangements, but also the many aspects of culture that, in addition to being internalized by people, are built into role expectations and societ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePartial table of contents:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE DILEMMA OF STRUCTURAL LAG.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Structural Lag: Past and Future (M. Riley \u0026amp; J. Riley).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Opportunities, Aspirations, and Goodness of Fit (R. Kahn).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e DIRECTIONS OF CHANGE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Social Structure and Age-Based Careers (J. Henretta).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Work and Retirement: A Comparative Perspective (M. Kohli).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Family Change and Historical Change: An Uneasy Relationship (T.Hareven).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Old Age and Age Integration: An Anthropological Perspective (J.Keith).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CURRENT INTERVENTIONS: OLDER WORKERS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Realizing the Potential: Some Examples (W. McNaught).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Changing Policy Signals (R. Burkhauser \u0026amp; J. Quinn).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Endnote: The Reach of an Idea (A. Foner).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Indexes.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402477510999,"sku":"9780471016786","price":217.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471016786.jpg?v=1730480526","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/age-and-structural-lag-9780471016786","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}