Life cycle or life course

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I am trying to work out a definitive distinction between the two terms
life-course and life-cycle. From my own perspective I make a distinction
along the lines that the term life-course recognizes the agency of
individuals in negotiating aspects of life stages whereas life-cycle has
some semblance to its biological analog in that it seems to present a
structured series of roles as preceding the individual.

I wonder if anyone could point me to a specific discussion of the
difference between the term. Most social gerontological literature seems
to deal with the terms unproblematically or even interchangeably.

Chris

christopher.king@jix.gol.com

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