Achenbaum, W. Andrew
Overview
| Works: | 42 works in 156 publications in 3 languages and 7,769 library holdings |
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| Genres: | History Bibliography Bibliographies Cross-cultural studies Conference papers and proceedings Biography‡vDictionaries Terminology Biography |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Other |
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Most widely held works by
W. Andrew Achenbaum
Older Americans, vital communities : a bold vision for societal aging by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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12 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in English and held by 1,757 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in English and held by 1,757 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Old age in the new land : the American experience since 1790 by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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16 editions published between 1978 and 2001 in English and held by 1,252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
16 editions published between 1978 and 2001 in English and held by 1,252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Robert N. Butler, MD : visionary of healthy aging by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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3 editions published between 2013 and 2015 in English and held by 873 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Robert Neil Butler (1927-2010) was a scholar, researcher, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who revolutionized the way the world thinks about aging. Emphasizing the progressive aspects of his approach and insight, Achenbaum affirms the ongoing relevance of Butler's work to gerontology, geriatrics, medicine, social work, and other fields
3 editions published between 2013 and 2015 in English and held by 873 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Robert Neil Butler (1927-2010) was a scholar, researcher, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who revolutionized the way the world thinks about aging. Emphasizing the progressive aspects of his approach and insight, Achenbaum affirms the ongoing relevance of Butler's work to gerontology, geriatrics, medicine, social work, and other fields
Social security : visions and revisions by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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25 editions published between 1986 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 765 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Franklin Roosevelt envisioned social security to be the cornerstone 'for the kind of protection America wants' from the financial troubles people faced due to old age and family tragedies. By fulfilling its initial promise, social security has evolved into the nation's largest, costliest, and most successful domestic institution. But the optimistic assumptions that inspired its incremental expansion have dissipated in the face of demographic, political, economic, and cultural shifts in American society. Social Security: Visions and Revisions encourages lawmakers, academic experts, and general readers alike to think more broadly and boldly about social security and its relation to public assistance and other income-maintenance and health-care programs. Pulling together information and insights previously scattered and fragmentary, this 1986 book draws lessons from the past that free us of outdated assumptions and unexamined shibboleths. The re-vision of social security that Achenbaum advocates should become the basis of all discussions of government's responsibility to promote 'the general welfare' in our ageing society
25 editions published between 1986 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 765 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Franklin Roosevelt envisioned social security to be the cornerstone 'for the kind of protection America wants' from the financial troubles people faced due to old age and family tragedies. By fulfilling its initial promise, social security has evolved into the nation's largest, costliest, and most successful domestic institution. But the optimistic assumptions that inspired its incremental expansion have dissipated in the face of demographic, political, economic, and cultural shifts in American society. Social Security: Visions and Revisions encourages lawmakers, academic experts, and general readers alike to think more broadly and boldly about social security and its relation to public assistance and other income-maintenance and health-care programs. Pulling together information and insights previously scattered and fragmentary, this 1986 book draws lessons from the past that free us of outdated assumptions and unexamined shibboleths. The re-vision of social security that Achenbaum advocates should become the basis of all discussions of government's responsibility to promote 'the general welfare' in our ageing society
Crossing frontiers : gerontology emerges as a science by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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14 editions published between 1995 and 2009 in English and held by 518 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Although philosophers, physicians, and others have long pondered the meanings and experiences of growing older, gerontology did not emerge as a scientific field of inquiry in the United States until the twentieth century. The study of aging borrows from a variety of other disciplines, including medicine, psychology, sociology and anthropology, but its own scientific basis is still developing. Despite dozens of aging-related journals, and a notable increase in state, regional, national and international networks, there are no widely shared techniques or distinctive methods. Theories of aging remain partial and tentative. By tracing intellectual networks and analyzing institutional patterns, Crossing Frontiers shows how old age became a 'problem' worth investigating and how a multidisciplinary orientation took shape. Gerontology is a marginal intellectual enterprise but its very strengths and weaknesses illuminate the politics of specialization and academic turf-fighting in U.S. higher education
14 editions published between 1995 and 2009 in English and held by 518 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Although philosophers, physicians, and others have long pondered the meanings and experiences of growing older, gerontology did not emerge as a scientific field of inquiry in the United States until the twentieth century. The study of aging borrows from a variety of other disciplines, including medicine, psychology, sociology and anthropology, but its own scientific basis is still developing. Despite dozens of aging-related journals, and a notable increase in state, regional, national and international networks, there are no widely shared techniques or distinctive methods. Theories of aging remain partial and tentative. By tracing intellectual networks and analyzing institutional patterns, Crossing Frontiers shows how old age became a 'problem' worth investigating and how a multidisciplinary orientation took shape. Gerontology is a marginal intellectual enterprise but its very strengths and weaknesses illuminate the politics of specialization and academic turf-fighting in U.S. higher education
Social welfare in America : an annotated bibliography(
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6 editions published in 1983 in English and Undetermined and held by 502 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published in 1983 in English and Undetermined and held by 502 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Changing contract across generations(
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8 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Generational conflict has attracted considerable attention in the media and within academic circles during the past decade. At the center of this collection of papers analyzing various facets of that conflict lie complex issues of generational equity - issues that will remain important for the framing of public policy during the 1990s. What do the young and the middle-aged owe the elderly? In discharging that debt, to what extent are they able to provide for their own old age in a climate of changing notions of welfare? What light do the longer perspectives of history shed on these issues? What role do kinship, gender, and economic status play?" "The papers commissioned by Bengtson and Achenbaum are intended to give greater analytic rigor to current debates. The volume is interdisciplinary not only by theoretical intent but by the practical imperatives of gerontology. More than a dozen sociologists, economists, historians, demographers, and policy analysts discuss the meanings and ambiguities that are inherent in terms such as "generation," "equity," "compact," "contract," and "conflict, "in order to assess how relations between the age groups seem to vary from one sociohistorical context to the next." "This distinguished group of contributors raises comparative issues throughout, assessing variations in generational ties by gender, race, class, and geographic location. Several project the extent to which recent changes in the political economy, public philosophy, and demographic structure of most "modern" societies presage greater conflicts, or greater consensus, in family members' relationships and social ties."--Jacket
8 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Generational conflict has attracted considerable attention in the media and within academic circles during the past decade. At the center of this collection of papers analyzing various facets of that conflict lie complex issues of generational equity - issues that will remain important for the framing of public policy during the 1990s. What do the young and the middle-aged owe the elderly? In discharging that debt, to what extent are they able to provide for their own old age in a climate of changing notions of welfare? What light do the longer perspectives of history shed on these issues? What role do kinship, gender, and economic status play?" "The papers commissioned by Bengtson and Achenbaum are intended to give greater analytic rigor to current debates. The volume is interdisciplinary not only by theoretical intent but by the practical imperatives of gerontology. More than a dozen sociologists, economists, historians, demographers, and policy analysts discuss the meanings and ambiguities that are inherent in terms such as "generation," "equity," "compact," "contract," and "conflict, "in order to assess how relations between the age groups seem to vary from one sociohistorical context to the next." "This distinguished group of contributors raises comparative issues throughout, assessing variations in generational ties by gender, race, class, and geographic location. Several project the extent to which recent changes in the political economy, public philosophy, and demographic structure of most "modern" societies presage greater conflicts, or greater consensus, in family members' relationships and social ties."--Jacket
Shades of gray : old age, American values, and Federal policies since 1920 by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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4 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 390 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 390 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Images of old age in America : 1790 to the present by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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7 editions published between 1978 and 1982 in English and held by 296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 1978 and 1982 in English and held by 296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Societal impact on aging : historical perspectives(
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5 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Profiles in gerontology : a biographical dictionary by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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4 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Changing perceptions of aging and the aged(
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5 editions published between 1993 and 1994 in English and held by 190 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published between 1993 and 1994 in English and held by 190 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Key words in sociocultural gerontology by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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5 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The aging society(
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2 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 46 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 46 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Old age in the United States : 1790 to the present by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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7 editions published between 1976 and 1984 in English and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 1976 and 1984 in English and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Visions and Revisions : a Twentieth Century Fund Study by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nothing as rich as human life : a conversation with Bernice Neugarten, PhD. by
Bernice L Neugarten(
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1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Surveys Bernice Neugarten's career in the study of human development and of aging, including her collaborations with leading gerontologists, particularly Robert Havighurst; her assessment of her major contributions to the field and her published work; her insights into the connection between gerentology and social policy; her evaluation of how gerontology has progressed and her predictions for its future
1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Surveys Bernice Neugarten's career in the study of human development and of aging, including her collaborations with leading gerontologists, particularly Robert Havighurst; her assessment of her major contributions to the field and her published work; her insights into the connection between gerentology and social policy; her evaluation of how gerontology has progressed and her predictions for its future
Resource guide for development and aging by
W. Andrew Achenbaum(
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2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Amerika shakai hoshō no hikari to kage : Manejido kea kara kaigo to NPO made(
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2 editions published in 2004 in Japanese and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2004 in Japanese and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Farklı seslerin ahengi : Gülen hareketi(
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2 editions published in 2006 in Turkish and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2006 in Turkish and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Ageism Butler, Robert N., Charities Conflict of generations Creative ability in old age Demography Gerontologists Gerontology Gerontology--Study and teaching (Higher) Gülen, Fethullah Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Islam Islam and world politics Longevity--Social aspects Michigan Neugarten, Bernice L., Old age Old age assistance Older people Older people--Attitudes Older people--Government policy Older people in popular culture Older people--Institutional care Older people--Social conditions Public opinion Public welfare Retirement Self-actualization (Psychology) in old age Social change Social conditions Social prediction Social security United States Youth--Attitudes
