240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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In recent years its medical implications have brought loneliness to the centre of attention of mass media, government agents, and the general public. However, as this volume demonstrates, loneliness is not merely a psychological, individual, or health issue. In multiple ways, it is a serious social problem as well. Yang urges fellow researchers and scientists to broaden the existing... Read more
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Chapter 1 Loneliness: Is it a problem?
Chapter 2 Loneliness as a social problem
Chapter 3 Loneliness: A problem only for older people?
Chapter 4 Aloneness, Loneliness, and Solitude
Chapter 5 Lonely among others
Chapter 6 Loneliness across social groups
Chapter 7 Loneliness and class
Chapter 8 National disposition towards loneliness
Chapter 9 Tackling loneliness: Messages to the lonely and the non-lonely
Chapter 10 Conclusions and reflections
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Keming Yang is an associate professor of sociology at Durham University, UK
