AGEING SOCIETIES

by Sarah Harper

Overview

This unique look at an increasingly important topic examines both the Developed and Less Developed Worlds, challenging the doom and burden scenario to show the opportunities and realities of an increasingly ageing population over the next twenty years. Topics include broad aspects of work, family, and health, as well as the theoretical issues of age, age discrimination, demographic change, and others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780340517567
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/30/2005
Series:	A Hodder Arnold Publication Series
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sarah Harper is Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing at the University of Oxford, UK. She has taught and studied issues of demography and societal ageing in China, Scandinavia, Australia, and the USA, and was a professor in public policy at the University of Chicago, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Ageing societies
2. The dynamics of population ageing
3. Understanding age and ageing
Societal ageing
4. Retirement: from rest to reward to right
5. Intergenerational contract and social security
6. Changing families
7. Intergenerational relationships and family care
Challenges
8. Providing economic security in less developed countries
9. Supporting families and elder care in less developed countries
Opportunities
10. Equal treatment, equal rights: ending age discrimination
11. Mature societies: planning for our future selves

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

'Ageing Societies ...is clearly written, wide-ranging and very well referenced.'

Times Higher Anthea Tinker, King's College London

This is a timely book, which in many ways provides the answer to those looking for a broad overview of the social, economic and policy consequences of demographic aging ... It must have been a considerable task to put together such a broad coverage, and Sarah Harper is to be congratulated ... In terms of readership, this book will be of considerable use to undergraduate students of gerontology and related policy areas. It is also likely to be a source book and a stimulus for researchers in a range of disciplines. Supplemented with regional texts on ageing and by other global overviews, I can foresee using this book regularly for my social gerontology courses.

David R. Phillips, Ageing & Society

Editorial Reviews

'Ageing Societies ...is clearly written, wide-ranging and very well referenced.'

Times Higher Anthea Tinker, King's College London

This is a timely book, which in many ways provides the answer to those looking for a broad overview of the social, economic and policy consequences of demographic aging ... It must have been a considerable task to put together such a broad coverage, and Sarah Harper is to be congratulated ... In terms of readership, this book will be of considerable use to undergraduate students of gerontology and related policy areas. It is also likely to be a source book and a stimulus for researchers in a range of disciplines. Supplemented with regional texts on ageing and by other global overviews, I can foresee using this book regularly for my social gerontology courses.

David R. Phillips, Ageing & Society

From the Publisher