Sociological research on age

Legacy and challenge

Bibliographic Data

ID11202209
AuthorsMatilda White Riley (National Institutes of Health), John W Riley, John Riley (0000-0001-9644-0649)
Year1999
Volume19
Issue1
Pages123-132
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAgeing and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0144686x9900731x
OpenAlexW2010944404
LanguageEN
Citations received12

The hallmark of sociology is its emphases on first, people, secondly, structures and, thirdly, their interrelationships. Similarly, we see sociological research on age as concerned with (1) people over their life course; (2) age-related structures and institutions; and (3) the dynamic interplay between people and structures as each influences the other. Guided by our ‘aging and society paradigm’, we review the research legacy as it has focused more on (1) than on (2), and is only now concerned with understanding the interplay between them (3). Hence our challenge to future researchers is to devise strategies for understanding and analysing this interplay and its possible contributions to the ever-accumulating research legacy

Epistemology · Life course approach · Social science · Sociological research · Sociology · Aging and Gerontology Research · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology

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