Ageing in Asia - Asias Position in the New Global Demography

Informationen zum Autor Roger Goodman is Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies at the University of OxfordSarah Harper is Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing Klappentext Takes four key themes related to ageing - the experience of old age; intergenerational relations; economics of and social policy for ageing; longevity and the culture of ageing - and examines how these issues are emerging in different regions of Asia! specifically! the former Soviet Union! South Asia! China! Japan and South-East Asia. Zusammenfassung The volume takes four key themes related to ageing and examines how these issues are emerging in different regions of Asia, specifically, the former Soviet Union, South Asia, China, Japan and South-East Asia. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Asia’s Position in the New Global Demography 2. Economic Reform and Intergenerational Relationships in China 3. 'No Wasting' and 'Empty Nesters': 'Old Age' in Beijing 4. Political and Economic Influences on the Health and Welfare of the Elderly in the USSR and Russia: 1955-2005 5. The Economic Marginalisation of Post-Soviet Russia’s Elderly Population and the Failure of State Ageing Policy: A Case Study of Magadan City 6. Experiences in Old Age: A South Indian Example of How Functional Age is Socially Structured 7. The Inter-Generational Contract in the Changing Asian Family

Product details

• Authors: Roger Harper Goodman
• Assisted by: Roger Goodman (Editor), Goodman Roger (Editor), Sarah Harper (Editor), Harper Sarah (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.08.2007
• EAN: 9780415445832
• ISBN: 978-0-415-44583-2
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, Social issues & processes, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Social and ethical issues, Population & demography, Population and Demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General