The End Game : : How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years /

The End Game : : How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years / / Corey M. Abramson.

Senior citizens face a gauntlet of physical, psychological, and social hurdles. But do disadvantages accumulated over a lifetime make the final years especially difficult for some people? Or does the quality of life among poor and affluent seniors converge? Corey Abramson investigates whether lifelo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015
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Abramson, Corey M.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (230 p.) :; 5 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction. The End Game
  • 1. "Old Is a Different Animal Altogether". The Shared Predicaments of the End Game
  • 2. The Uneven Playing Field. Disparate Contexts and Resources in Old Age
  • 3. Game-Day Strategies. How Prior Experiences Shape Cultural Strategies in the Present
  • 4. Team Dynamics. The Meanings of Social Ties
  • Conclusion. How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years
  • Methodological Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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