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5.7: Reading List for Part IV

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    Minority Studies: A Brief Text: Reading List for Part IV—Aging

    Dispelling Ageism: The Cross-Cutting Intervention. Robert N. Butler. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 503, The Quality of Aging: Strategies for Interventions. (May, 1989), pp. 138-147.

    An Overview of Research on Aging and the Status of Gerontology Today. Robert N. Butler. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society, Vol. 61, No. 3, Special Issue: Aging: Demographic, Health, and Social Prospects. (Summer, 1983), pp. 351-361.

    The Relation of Extended Life to Extended Employment since the Passage of Social Security in 1935 . Robert N. Butler. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society, Vol. 61, No. 3, Special Issue: Aging: Demographic, Health, and Social Prospects. (Summer, 1983), pp. 420-429.

    What’s Best for the Elderly Research Subject? (in Correspondence). Robert N. Butler; Robert E. Vestal; Richard Ratzan. The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 11, No. 4. (Aug., 1981), pp. 45-46.

    Successful Aging and Quality of Life. Yuchi Young; Ming-Yu Fan; Elizabeth A. Skinner; Albert Wu. Quality of Life Research, Vol. 11, No. 7, Abstracts: 9th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL). (Nov., 2002), p. 645.

    Antiaging Technology and Pseudoscience (in Science’s Compass; Letters). Aubrey D. N. J. de Grey; Leonid Gavrilov; S. Jay Olshansky; L. Stephen Coles; Richard G. Cutler; Michael Fossel; S. Mitchell Harman. Science, New Series, Vol. 296, No. 5568. (Apr. 26, 2002), p. 656.

    Aging Mechanisms (in From the Academy: Japanese-American Frontiers of Science Symposium). Yoshiko Takahashi; Makoto Kuro-o; Fuyuki Ishikawa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 97, No. 23. (Nov. 7, 2000), pp. 12407-12408.

    Aging and the Satisfaction of Psychological Needs (in Commentaries). Peter G. Coleman. Psychological Inquiry, Vol. 11, No. 4. (2000), pp. 291-293.

    Expectations regarding Aging among Older Adults and Physicians Who Care for Older Adults. Catherine A. Sarkisian; Ron D. Hays; Sandra H. Berry; Carol M. Mangione. Medical Care, Vol. 39, No. 9. (Sep., 2001), pp. 1025-1036.

    The Quest to Reverse Time’s Toll (in Bodybuilding: The Bionic Human). Constance Holden. Science, New Series, Vol. 295, No. 5557. (Feb. 8, 2002), pp. 1032-1033.

    A Gray Zone? Meetings between Sociology and Gerontology (in Symposia; Sociology and Border Disciplines: Opportunities and Barriers to Intellectua). Gunhild O. Hagestad. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 28, No. 5. (Sep., 1999), pp. 514-517.

    Successful Adaptation in the Later Years: A Life Course Approach to Aging. Robert Crosnoe; Glen H. Elder Jr. Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 4. (Dec., 2002), pp. 309-328.

    Act Your Age. Cheryl Laz. Sociological Forum, Vol. 13, No. 1. (Mar., 1998), pp. 85-113.

    Aging versus Cohort Interpretations of Intercohort Differences in GSS Vocabulary Scores (in Decline in Vocabulary Scores: An Exchange). Duane F. Alwin; Ryan J. McCammon. American Sociological Review, Vol. 64, No. 2. (Apr., 1999), pp. 272-286.

    Epilogue: Research on Population Aging at NIA: Retrospect and Prospect. Richard Suzman. Population and Development Review, Vol. 30, Supplement: Aging, Health, and Public Policy. (2004), pp. 239-264.

    Linking Social Gerontology with Quantitative Skills: A Class Project Using U.S. Census Data (in Notes). Christine L. Himes; Christine Caffrey. Teaching Sociology, Vol. 31, No. 1. (Jan., 2003), pp. 85-94.

    Gender and Aging in the Developing World: Where Are the Men? (in Notes and Commentary). John Knodel; Mary Beth Ofstedal. Population and Development Review, Vol. 29, No. 4. (Dec., 2003), pp. 677-698.

    Age Structure and Social Structure (in Symposia; Charting Futures for Sociology: Structure and Action). Charles C. Gordon; Charles F. Longino, Jr. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 29, No. 5. (Sep., 2000), pp. 699-703.

    The Biodemography of Aging (in History, Biology, and Disease). James W. Vaupel. Population and Development Review, Vol. 30, Supplement: Aging, Health, and Public Policy. (2004), pp. 48-62.

    The Transition to Adulthood in Aging Societies. Elizabeth Fussell. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 580, Early Adulthood in Cross-National Perspective. (Mar., 2002), pp. 16-39.

    The Micropolitics of Care in Relationships between Aging Parents and Adult Children: Individualism, Collectivism, and Power (in Intergenerational Relations). Karen Pyke. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 61, No. 3. (Aug., 1999), pp. 661-672.

    Feminism, Eros, and the Coming of Age. Roberta Rubenstein. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2. (2001), pp. 1-19.

    Families in the Middle and Later Years: A Review and Critique of Research in the 1990s (in Families across the Life-Span). Katherine R. Allen; Rosemary Blieszner; Karen A. Roberto. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 62, No. 4. (Nov., 2000), pp. 911-926.

    Economy and Society: The Future (in Pryor’s Millennium Survey). Dennis Wrong. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 59, No. 1. (Jan., 2000), pp. 57-60.

    Against Wisdom: The Social Politics of Anger and Aging. Kathleen Woodward. Cultural Critique, No. 51. (Spring, 2002), pp. 186-218.

    The Intercohort Decline in Verbal Ability: Does It Exist? (in Decline in Vocabulary Scores: An Exchange). James A. Wilson; Walter R. Gove. American Sociological Review, Vol. 64, No. 2. (Apr., 1999), pp. 253-266.

    Race Differences in Filial Responsibility Expectations among Older Parents (in Intergenerational Relations). Gary R. Lee; Chuck W. Peek; Raymond T. Coward. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 60, No. 2. (May, 1998), pp. 404-412.

    Family Experiences and the Erosion of Support for Intergenerational Coresidence (in Intergenerational Relations). Frances K. Goldscheider; Leora Lawton. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 60, No. 3. (Aug., 1998), pp. 623-632.

    Rewriting Menopause: Challenging the Medical Paradigm to Reflect Menopausal Women’s Experiences . Susan J. Ferguson; Carla Parry. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1, Identity, the Body, and the Menopause. (1998), pp. 20-41.

    Rethinking Age Dependence in Organizational Mortality: Logical Formalizations. Michael T. Hannan. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 104, No. 1. (Jul., 1998), pp. 126-164.

    Financial Strain and Health among Elderly Mexican-Origin Individuals (in Health and Health Behavior). Ronald J. Angel; Michelle Frisco; Jacqueline L. Angel; David A. Chiriboga. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 44, No. 4. (Dec., 2003), pp. 536-551.

    The Burgess Award Lecture: Beyond the Nuclear Family: The Increasing Importance of Multigenerational Bonds. Vern L. Bengtson. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 63, No. 1. (Feb., 2001), pp. 1-16.

    The Personal and Social Links between Age and Self-Reported Empathy. Scott Schieman; Karen Van Gundy. Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 2. (Jun., 2000), pp. 152-174.

    Status, Role, and Resource Explanations for Age Patterns in Psychological Distress (in Mental Health and Mental Illness). Scott Schieman; Karen van Gundy; John Taylor. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 42, No. 1. (Mar., 2001), pp. 80-96.

    Perspectives on American Kinship in the Later 1990s (in Reviews). Colleen L. Johnson. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 62, No. 3. (Aug., 2000), pp. 623-639.

    Religious Attendance and Subjective Well-Being among Older Americans: Evidence from the General Social Survey (in Religion and Mental Health). Steven E. Barkan; Susan F. Greenwood. Review of Religious Research, Vol. 45, No. 2. (Dec., 2003), pp. 116-129.

    Biogerontology, “Anti-Aging Medicine,” and the Challenges of Human Enhancement. Eric T. Juengst; Robert H. Binstock; Maxwell Mehlman; Stephen G. Post; Peter Whitehouse. The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 33, No. 4. (Jul. - Aug., 2003), pp. 21-30.

    Staying Alive with Attitude (in Science News This Week). Bruce Bower. Science News, Vol. 162, No. 4. (Jul. 27, 2002), p. 53.

    How and Why Do Aging and Life Span Evolve? Steven Hecht Orzack. Population and Development Review, Vol. 29, Supplement: Life Span: Evolutionary, Ecological, and Demographic Perspectives. (2003), pp. 19-38.

    More about More Life (in Letters). Felicia Nimue Ackerman; Gems. The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 33, No. 6. (Nov. - Dec., 2003), pp. 5-6.

    Extending Life: Scientific Prospects and Political Obstacles. Richard A. Miller. The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 80, No. 1. (2002), pp. 155-174.

    Life Course, Environmental Change, and Life Span. Jean-Marie Robine. Population and Development Review, Vol. 29, Supplement: Life Span: Evolutionary, Ecological, and Demographic Perspectives. (2003), pp. 229-238.

    Aging and the Environment: A Research Framework (in Research; Mini-Monograph). Andrew M. Geller; Harold Zenick. Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 113, No. 9. (Sep., 2005), pp. 1257-1262.

    The IMF on Policies Responding to Demographic Change (in Documents). Population and Development Review, Vol. 30, No. 4. (Dec., 2004), pp. 783-789.

    The National Institute on Aging (in Views from Funding Agencies). Sidney M. Stahl. Medical Care, Vol. 36, No. 8. (Aug., 1998), pp. 1123-1125.

    Aging in the Third Millennium (in Science’s Compass; Policy Forum). Edward L. Schneider. Science, New Series, Vol. 283, No. 5403. (Feb. 5, 1999), pp. 796-797.

    Aging Parents Helping Adult Children: The Experience of the Sandwiched Generation. Berit Ingersoll-Dayton; Margaret B. Neal; Leslie B. Hammer. Family Relations, Vol. 50, No. 3. (Jul., 2001), pp. 262-271.

    Aging Research: The Future Face of Environmental Health (in Environews; Focus). Tina Adler. Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 111, No. 14. (Nov., 2003), pp. A760-A765.

    Patients’ Voices: The Powerful Sound in the Stem Cell Debate (in Stem Cell Research and Ethics; Viewpoints). Daniel Perry. Science, New Series, Vol. 287, No. 5457. (Feb. 25, 2000), p. 1423.

    New Gene Therapy Fights Frailty (in Science News of the Week). Janet Raloff. Science News, Vol. 154, No. 25/26. (Dec. 19-26, 1998), p. 388.

    Is More Life Always Better? The New Biology of Aging and the Meaning of Life. David Gems. The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 33, No. 4. (Jul. - Aug., 2003), pp. 31-39.

    Unproven Elixir. Ben Harder. Science News, Vol. 163, No. 19. (May 10, 2003), pp. 296-297+301.

    Should America Save for Its Old Age? Fiscal Policy, Population Aging, and National Saving (in Symposium: Fiscal Policy). Douglas W. Elmendorf; Louise M. Sheiner. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 14, No. 3. (Summer, 2000), pp. 57-74.

    The Aging Baboon: Comparative Demography in a Non-Human Primate (in Biological Sciences). Anne M. Bronikowski; Susan C. Alberts; Jeanne Altmann; Craig Packer; K. Dee Carey; Marc Tatar. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 99, No. 14. (Jul. 9, 2002), pp. 9591-9595.

    Alan Greenspan on the Economic Implications of Population Aging (in Documents). Population and Development Review, Vol. 30, No. 4. (Dec., 2004), pp. 779-783.

    Neural Teamwork May Compensate for Aging (in Science News of the Week). Laura Helmuth. Science News, Vol. 155, No. 16. (Apr. 17, 1999), p. 247.

    Calorie Restriction and Aging: A Life-History Analysis. Daryl P. Shanley; Thomas B. L. Kirkwood. Evolution, Vol. 54, No. 3. (Jun., 2000), pp. 740-750.

    The Role of Parental Age Effects on the Evolution of Aging. Nicholas K. Priest; Benjamin Mackowiak; Daniel E. L. Promislow. Evolution, Vol. 56, No. 5. (May, 2002), pp. 927-935.

    Intimations of Immortality (in Science’s Compass; Essays on Science and Society). John Harris. Science, New Series, Vol. 288, No. 5463. (Apr. 7, 2000), p. 59.

    Wedding of Calm and Wedding of Noise: Aging Performed and Aging Misquoted in Tuareg Rites of Passage. Susan J. Rasmussen. Journal of Anthropological Research, Vol. 57, No. 3. (Autumn, 2001), pp. 277-303.

    Integrating Biology into the Study of Health Disparities (in Health and Socioeconomic Status). Eileen M. Crimmins; Teresa E. Seeman.

    Population and Development Review, Vol. 30, Supplement: Aging, Health, and Public Policy. (2004), pp. 89-107.

    Sex and Death (in Science’s Compass; Perspectives). David N. Reznick; Cameron Ghalambor. Science, New Series, Vol. 286, No. 5449. (Dec. 24, 1999), pp. 2458-2459.

    The Embodiment of Old Women: Silences. Barbara Hillyer. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1, Identity, the Body, and the Menopause. (1998), pp. 48-60.

    Health Behaviors, Social Networks, and Healthy Aging: Cross-Sectional Evidence from the Nurses’ Health Study. Yvonne L. Michael; Graham A. Colditz; Eugenie Coakley; Ichiro Kawachi. Quality of Life Research, Vol. 8, No. 8. (Dec., 1999), pp. 711-722.

    A Biodemographic Interpretation of Life Span (in Notes and Commentary). S. Jay Olshansky; Bruce A. Carnes; Jacob Brody. Population and Development Review, Vol. 28, No. 3. (Sep., 2002), pp. 501-513.

    “It Just Isn’t Fair”: Helping Older Families Balance Their Ledgers before the Note Comes Due (in An Essay for Practitioners). Jonathan G. Sandberg. Family Relations, Vol. 48, No. 2. (Apr., 1999), pp. 177-179.

    Population Aging and the Rising Cost of Public Pensions. John Bongaarts. Population and Development Review, Vol. 30, No. 1. (Mar., 2004), pp. 1-23.


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