Cumulative advantage/disadvantage and the life course: cross-fertilizing age and social science theory.
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Summary
The genesis of the cumulative advantage/disadvantage perspective in studies of science, its initial articulation with structural-functionalism, and its expanding importance for gerontology are reviewed; its intellectual relevance for several other established theoretical paradigms in sociology, psychology, and economics is discussed.
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- review
- Published
- 2003-11-01
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- 1,840
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Keywords
Life course approach, Disadvantage, Psychology, Course (navigation), Sociology
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