Over the last thirty years a number of theories have purported to give gerontological
researchers a special insight into the aging experi ence by emphasizing several key issues …

130 SYMPOSIA the rapidly growing literature, the Handbook permits us to take stock of
where we are and determine where we must go next. And, not incidentally, it provides …

Sociological researchers use different theoretical frameworks and methodological tools to
design research to explain how individuals experience aging (micro level), how aging …

The development of this chapter owes much to the seminar on" Theories of Aging" during
1997 at the University of Southern California. Many thanks are due to the members of that …

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences are'to provide comprehensive information,
major reference sources, and central issues for further research on aging'(p. vii). To achieve …

In 1985 the Institute for Advanced Study in Gerontology and Geriatrics at the Andrus
Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, sponsored a year-long seminar on …

ERONTOLOGY, the study of aging, is a field in search of a theory. At present there is no
single unifying social science theory of aging. This article limits itself to the aspects of …

This chapter draws upon personal experiences and five decades of scholarship directed
toward understanding age-related phenomena from two distinctive perspectives. It focuses …