Living Longer: Ageing, Development and Social ProtectionPeter Lloyd-Sherlock Zed Books Ltd., 18 lug 2013 - 320 pagine Accelerated population ageing, long a significant issue for developed countries, is now becoming important in the developing world too. Population ageing is one of the great achievements of the past century - although it brings its own social, economic, political and cultural challenges. The quality of life of older people is strongly conditioned by their capacity to manage opportunities and risks. Social protection, both formal and informal, can be critical. This book examines the links between well-being 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. It highlights the complexity of relationships between development and the way later life is experienced, identifies key priorities for policy-makers, and maps out an urgent research agenda. |
Sommario
Development Trajectories Social Change and Wellbeing in Later | |
Social Policy and the Wellbeing of Older People at a Time of Economic | |
Looking to | |
Potential Consequences of Population Ageing for Social Development | |
Formal Social Protection and Older People | |
An Issue of Social Contract in Welfare Transfer | |
Health Policy and Older People in Africa | |
A Comparison of Argentina | |
Older People and the Care Economy | |
Families Informal Care and Reciprocity | |
The View from Thailand | |
A Challenge to Conventional | |
Notes on Contributors | |
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Living Longer: Ageing, Development and Social Protection Peter Lloyd-Sherlock Anteprima limitata - 2004 |
Living Longer: Ageing, Development and Social Protection Peter Lloyd-Sherlock Anteprima limitata - 2008 |
Living Longer: Ageing, Development and Social Protection Peter Lloyd-Sherlock Visualizzazione estratti - 2004 |
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