Abstract
Gerontology is the scientific study of biological, psychological and sociocultural aspects of the ageing process. Social gerontology is concerned only with its sociological-anthropological component. Social gerontology is currently in a transitional phase. Social gerontology emerged in the late 1950s, and has become established as a recognized subject of study and research in academic institutes throughout the world, most especially in the United States. The conceptual approaches and methodologies applied in this new field reflect a wide gamut of theoretical frameworks and techniques. None the less, three core issues in the study of behavioural phenomena in later life can be identified: the relative importance in ageing of universal human processes and specific cultural factors; the dialectic between stability and change in later life; questions concerning the place of the elderly in a social structure, and in the symbolic worlds of both the aged and non-aged.
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