{"product_id":"9781412959575","title":"Family Ties and Aging","description":"\u003cp\u003eProviding an integrated and thorough representation of what we know from current research and contemporary society, \u003cb\u003eFamily Ties and Aging\u003c\/b\u003e is the only book that shows how pressing issues of our time—an aging population, changing family structures, and new patterns of work-family balance—are negotiated in the family lives of middle-aged and older adults. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on such key questions as “\u003ci\u003eHow do current trends and social arrangements affect family relationships?” \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e “What are the implications of what we know for future research, theory, practice, and policy?”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eauthor Ingrid Arnet Connidis\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eexplores groups and relationships that typically receive short shrift, including single, divorced, and childless older people and their family relationships, as well as sibling relationships among the elderly, live-in partnerships not formalized by marriage, and the kinds of family ties forged by gay and lesbian individuals over the life course. The \u003cb\u003eSecond Edition \u003c\/b\u003eis thoroughly updated to include the latest research and theoretical developments, recent media coverage of related issues, and new information on intimate relationships in later life, gay and lesbian partnerships, sibling ties, and elder neglect\/abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeaves the vast range of information about the many facets of family relationships and aging into a critical, comprehensive, and integrated whole \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores a range of intimate relationships, what happens when they end, and pathways to intimacy in old age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmphasizes diversity in terms of gender, age, class, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation throughout to help readers learn about similarities and differences in family relationships as we age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinks the discussion of various family relationships in mid- and later life to current and future directions for research, practice, and policy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamily Ties and Aging \u003c\/b\u003eis appropriate for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses such as Families and Aging, Sociology of Aging, and Introduction to Gerontology in departments of family studies, sociology, social work, and gerontology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025537515760,"sku":"9781412959575","price":103.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781412959575_p0.jpg?v=1763726317","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781412959575","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}