Ageing Matters: European Policy Lessons from the East

by John Doling, Tony Maltby, Catherine Jones Finer

Overview

This book is the first to examine in detail the experiences and prospects of population ageing in those Asian countries with the highest GDP per capita. The authors pose the question to what extent Asia and ‘old Europe’ can learn from each other in terms of policy planning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409490685
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	12/28/2012
Series:	Social Policy in Modern Asia
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

Contents: The Context: Editorial introduction, John Doling; Prospects for pragmatism: trading lessons in social policy between East and West, Catherine Jones Finer; Ageing and social policy in the European Union: a contextual overview, Tony Maltby and Gordon Deuchars. The Case Studies: Malaysia: supporting families, Roziah Omar; Population ageing in Singapore: the challenge of using the central provident fund for retirement needs, Tee Liang Ngiam; Ageing issues and policy in Hong Kong: lessons for other countries, Joe C. B. Leung; Universal values versus political ideology: the virtual reform experience of Taiwan‘s national pension plan, Hsiao-hung Nancy Chen; National policies on ageing in South Korea, Sung-Jae Choi and Seong-Hoon Bae; Inter-generational equity and social solidarity: Japan's search for an integrated policy on ageing, Tetsuo Ogawa. The Lessons: Ageing in East and Southeast Asia, Paul Wilding; Lessons to be learnt, John Doling, Catherine Jones Finer and Tony Maltby; Statistical appendix: ageing matters in figures, Li Kan; Index.