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Social Models of Aging*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Victor W. Marshall
Victor W. Marshall
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University of Toronto
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Abstract

Social Models of aging deal with changes over the life course. Using a loose definition of model, this paper reviews models under the following classification: Allocation models; Construction of the Life Course models; Personality and Socialization models; and Negotiation models. Differences between and within these models are explored, with particular reference to the issue of determinism and the conceptualization of social structure. The life course perspective is recognized as hegemonic in contemporary theorizing about aging, but it is seen as itself embracing diverse models.

Résumé

Cet ouvrage porte sur les changements survenant dans le parcours de vie. Au moyen d'une définition libre du modèle, l'auteur passe en revue les modèles selon les classes suivantes: modèles d'allocation, modèles de construction du parcours de vie, modèles sur la personnalité et la socialisation, et modèles de négociation. L'auteur souligne les différences entre et au sein de ces modèles en tenant compte particulièrement de la question du déterminisme et de la conceptualisation de la structure sociale. La perspective du parcours de vie est reconnue comme étant hégémonique en ce qui a trait à l'établissement de théories modernes sur le vieillissement, mais on considère qu'elle embrasse divers modèles.

Keywords

TheoryAgingSocialLife Course.Théorievieillissementsocialparcours de vie.
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 14 , Issue 1: Models of Aging , Printemps/Spring 1995 , pp. 12 - 34
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1995

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