The Sage Key Concepts series provides students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics in a variety of disciplines. Cross-referenced throughout, the format encourages critical evaluation through understanding. Written by experienced and respected academics, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension.<BR><BR>`I welcome this book's refreshing approach. The joint UK-US authorship promotes a much needed international approach to the field - something all too lacking in most American textbooks and theoretical articles. Moreover, the coverage and evaluation of the concepts is right at the current leading edge in a rapidly moving field.'<BR><BR>Victor Marshall, Dept. of Sociology and Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<BR><BR>Social gerontology is a new and dynamic field reflecting the increasing interest in ageing across the world. This book provides a readily accessible guide to well established and contested issues, as well as new concepts emerging through cutting edge research in the discipline.<BR><BR>The entries give concise, lucid knowledge on what constitutes the `building blocks' of social gerontology and sets out a clear review of the core concepts, both classic and emerging, in this subject area.<BR><BR>They go beyond simple definition of the concepts to look at how each issue has shaped the discipline of social gerontology today.<BR><BR>This book is authored by social gerontologists from the UK and the USA. Together they present an interdisciplinary perspective and reflect a global approach to the presentation of key concepts in social gerontology.