Handbook of the Life Course
Author | : Jeylan T. Mortimer |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 752 |
Release | : 2003-09-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780306474989 |
ISBN-13 | : 0306474980 |
Rating | : 4/5 (980 Downloads) |
Download or read book Handbook of the Life Course written by Jeylan T. Mortimer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-09-30 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mortimer (sociology, U. of Minnesota) and Shanahan (sociology, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) present a handbook that overviews the theoretical perspectives, concepts, and methodological approaches that animate life course studies in social psychology. Thirty-four chapters are organized into sections that discuss variability in life course across historical and cross-national settings, normative age-grading of the life course as reflective of social structures, the way life courses reflect social institutions, and individual-level processes of motivation in the life course. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).