Settersten R.A. Jr., Owens T.J. Advances in Life Course Research. Volume 7: New Frontiers in Socialization

JAI Press, 2002. — 543 p.
The present volume (Number 7) is subtitled New Frontiers in Socialization. A combination of invited and author initiated papers-all anonymously peer reviewed-this volume seeks to produce a cohesive though wide ranging source of information on both socialization and the life course, as each relates to the other. The volume advances theory and research related to socialization during specific periods of adult life or across adulthood. We focus on the adult years because most scholarship on socialization pertains to the first two decades of life. The book addresses socialization experiences within one or more contemporary contexts – families, neighborhoods and communities, peer and friendship groups,
educational settings, work organizations, volunteer associations, medical institutions, the media, or nation and culture. The volume also discusses the processes that occur in these settings, the primary agents of socialization, the content of socialization messages, or the consequences of these experiences for individuals, groups (e.g. age, cohort, sex, race, social class), or society at large.