Lives in Time and Place

Download or read book Lives in Time and Place written by R. A. Settersten and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time and place are of the greatest significance for scientific inquiry about human lives. As we seek to better understand the nature and rhythm of the life course in modern societies, its effective analysis and explanation simultaneously becomes more pressing and more complicated. This information is crucial for developing and reforming social policies, services, and interventions aimed at improving human development and welfare. Yet as our scientific treatments have become more elaborate, they have also become more fragmented within and between academic disciplines, across the study of specific life periods, and by method.