Awards
- Nominated for ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award 2016
- Nominated for Betty and Alfred McClung Lee Book Award 2016
- Nominated for Society for the Study of Social Problems C. Wright Mills Award 2015
Overview
Winner of the Outstanding Publication Award, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association Senior citizens from all walks of life face a gauntlet of physical, psychological, and social hurdles. But do the disadvantages some people accumulate over the course of their lives make their final years especially difficult? Or does the quality of life among poor and affluent seniors converge at some point? The End Game investigates whether persistent socioeconomic, racial, and gender divisions in America create inequalities that structure the lives of the elderly. ""Avoiding reductionist frameworks and showing the hugely varying lifestyles of Californian seniors, The End Game poses a profound question: how can provision of services for the elderly cater for individual circumstances and not merely treat the aged as one grey block? Abramson eloquently and comprehensively expounds this complex question."" -Michael Warren, LSE Review of Books ""The author's approach situates inequality experienced by older Americans in a real world context and links culture, social life, biological life, and structural disparities in ways that allow readers to understand the intersectionality of diversity imbued in the lives of older Americans Abramson opens a window into the reality of old age, the importance of culture and the impact it has on shared/prior experiences, and the inequalities that structure them."" -A. L. Lewis, Choice
Full Product Details
Author: Corey M. Abramson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.60cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.288kg
ISBN: 9780674979680
ISBN 10: 0674979680
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 September 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Abramson provides a remarkable ethnographic look at four urban neighborhoods inhabited by older Americans. He uses in-depth interviews to explore inequality and how it shapes end-of-life issues in ways never seen before. The author's approach situates inequality experienced by older Americans in a real world context and links culture, social life, biological life, and structural disparities in ways that allow readers to understand the intersectionality of diversity imbued in the lives of older Americans...Abramson opens a window into the reality of old age, the importance of culture and the impact it has on shared/prior experiences, and the inequalities that structure them.--A. L. Lewis Choice (11/01/2015)
Author Information
Corey M. Abramson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona.
