Winner of the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award
Chapter 1: The Power of the Gerontological Imagination
Chapter 2: Causality
Chapter 3: Life Course Analysis
Chapter 4: Multifaceted Change
Chapter 5: Heterogeneity
Chapter 6: Accumulation Process
Chapter 7: Ageism
Chapter 8: The Gerontological Imagination at Work in Scientific
Communities
Kenneth F. Ferraro is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Aging and the Life Course at Purdue University. Professor Ferraro is the author of more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles focusing on health and aging. He is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a former editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.
"Ferraro's book impressively organizes the panoramic scope of aging
into one paradigm and provides a valuable contribution to the
gerontological canon." -- Jarmin Christine Yeh, Social Forces
"This is an elegant and significant work that any gerontology
scholar or student will find new and useful. It will be
exhilarating for scholars, an excellent tool for researchers, and
an almost essential aid to graduate students who are reaching to
grasp gerontology as a distinct social science." -- Lyn Holley &
Chuck Powell, Educational Gerontology
"Ferraro's path-breaking book should be read by everyone who is
interested in the study of aging and should be required reading in
every graduate and advanced undergraduate course in gerontology" --
Jill Quadagno, The Gerontologist
"In this book, Ferraro addresses the reality that most individuals
involved in the field of gerontology are also involved in other
fields, such as sociology, psychology, biology, or health care. His
work articulates a paradigm for the scientific study of aging that
incorporates concepts and empirical generalizations from multiple
disciplines. He identifies intellectual common ground in
gerontology that enables theories, models, and research to be
interpreted
across disciplines." -- The Gerontological Society of America
"[The Gerontological Imagination] provides a useful common language
for anyone interested in the field of aging and is well worth a
read to ensure that we are all operating with a similar,
thoughtful, and inquisitive gerontological imagination." -- Carrie
Henning-Smith, Journal of Applied Gerontology
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