ISBN:
1842773569
,
1842773577
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 308 p)
,
ill
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Living Longer : Ageing, Development and Social Protection
DDC:
305.26/09172/4
Keywords:
Older people
;
Older people Services for
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
This book examines the links between wellbeing and development, drawing on examples from low, middle and high-income countries. It examines ageing in a number of very different development contexts - Argentina, Brazil, China, Ghana, Japan, Mexico, Thailand, Ukraine, UK and USA
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Acronyms; Preface; 1 Ageing, Development and Social Protection: Generalisations, Myths and Stereotypes; PART I Development Trajectories, Social Change and Wellbeing in Later Life; 2 Long-term Historical Changes in the Status of Elders: the United Kingdom as an Exemplar of Advanced Industrial Economies; 3 Social Policy and the Wellbeing of Older People at a Time of Economic Slowdown: the Case of Brazil; 4 The Impact of Transition on Older People in Ukraine: Looking to the Future with Hope
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Potential Consequences of Population Ageing for Social Development in ChinaPART II Formal Social Protection and Older People; 6 Comparing Pension Schemes in Chile, Singapore, Brazil and South Africa; 7 Ageing in Japan: An Issue of Social Contract in Welfare Transfer or Generational Conflict?; 8 Health Policy and Older People in Africa; 9 Social Health Insurance for Older People: A Comparison of Argentina and the United States; PART III Older People and the Care Economy; 10 Intergenerational Family Support and Old Age Economic Security in Ghana
Description / Table of Contents:
11 Ageing in Mexico: Families, Informal Care and Reciprocity12 AIDS and Older Persons: The View from Thailand; 13 Care, Dependency, and Social Justice: A Challenge to Conventional Ideas of the Social Contract; Notes on Contributors; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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