This text question the boundaries between self and society, change and stability. It includes classic treatments by Karl Mannheim and Norman Ryder, and develops fresh theoretical concepts to explore aging as a social process. The six contributions link the theoretical concepts to issues of research design and analysis, and provides insights into how we can understand fundamental social processes such as human development and socialization, the formation of public opinion and political identity, and the shaping of collective action and group behaviour.
RESEARCH aND TEACHING INTERESTS Quantitative Analysis Techniques, Longitudinal Methods; Aging & Social Change; Public Policy and Aging. Social Inequality, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. "Workforce aging in the new economy: A comparative study of information technology employment" (Julie A. McMullin, PI; Victor Marshall, Joann Marshall, University of North Carolina; Neil Charness, Florida State University). October 2002 - September 2006. Work and Retirement, including the influence of organizational incentives, pensions, family decision-making, health, job satisfaction; Public Policy, including Social Security, the Age Discrimination and Employment Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Medicare and Medicaid; Political Attitudes, including analysis of social change and individual aging; Women's Issues and Aging, including poverty and financial security, caregiving, long-term care, intergenerational assistance, and health; Cognitive Components of Saving and Investment behavior, including planning horizon, discounting, risk tolerance, deferred gratification; Older Workers, including training, displacement, work schedules, job demands, organizational incentive structures.
Doing Time - Melissa A Hardy and Linda Waite Reconciling Biography with History in the Study of Social Change The Problem of Generations - K Mannheim The Cohort as a Concept in the Study of Social Change - Norman B Ryder On the Importance of Age - Lawrence Hazelrigg Beyond Trajectories - Eliza K Pavalko Multiple Concepts for Analyzing Long-Term Process Using Repeated Surveys To Study Aging and Social Change - Glenn Firebaugh and Dana L Haynie Aging, Social Change and Conservatism - Duane F Alwin The Link between Historical and Biographical Time in the Study of Political Identities Establishing a Reference Frame against Which To Chart Age-Related Changes - John R Nesselroade and David L Featherman
