Rapid and far-reaching social transformation in Western society over the last few decades has prompted considerable interest in the life course. This accessible and informative text provides a substantive overview to the topic, combining contemporary and more traditional perspectives. Tracing the different stages of the life course through infancy and youth to old age and dying, the book considers what is distinct about a sociological approach to the life course and explores recent debates and changing theoretical perspectives in the context of biological, psychological and social influences.
- ISBN10 1403914699
- ISBN13 9781403914699
- Publish Date 1 March 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 August 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English