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Ageing in Asia

Asia’s Position in the New Global Demography

Roger Goodman Sarah Harper

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English
Routledge
24 December 2007
The volume 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. In placing these Asian cases studies in the broader context of debates about, and policies on, ageing more generally, it brings them into the mainstream of comparative research on ageing from which they have been too often excluded. As the studies show, the relationship between ageing and poverty is a complex one and often reflects policy towards the aged rather than that the aged themselves are unproductive and dependent. Ageing, moreover, can no longer be considered as simply a national question; we also need to consider the implications of its global dimension in terms of issues such as human rights and quality of life.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 246mm,  Width: 174mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   181g
ISBN:   9780415464260
ISBN 10:   0415464269
Pages:   128
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Roger Goodman is Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford Sarah Harper is Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing

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