The End Game

How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years

Corey M. Abramson

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ISBN 9780674979680

Publication Date: 09/04/2017

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256 pages

5-3/4 x 9 inches

5 tables

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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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2016 Outstanding Publication Award, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association

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