Richard Settersten: 2 books
Not Quite Adults
Why 20-Somethings Are Choosing a Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It's Good for Everyone
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
Why are 20-somethings delaying adulthood? The media have flooded us with negative headlines about this generation, from their sense of entitlement to their immaturity. Drawing on almost a decade of cutting-edge research and nearly five hundred interviews with young people, Richard Settersten, Ph.D.,...
Invitation to the Life Course
Towards new understandings of later life
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Invitation to the Life Course: Toward New Understandings of Later Life discusses in depth the challenges of age, time, and social contexts for the study of aging and later life. Understanding aging (as a process) and later life (as a period) must be accompanied by serious attention to the life course....