Ageing in Asia

by Goodman, Roger Harper, Sarah

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Title Statements

Full title :Ageing in Asia / editors, Roger Goodman, Sarah Harper.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (v, 122 pages) : : 1 map

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315878317, 1315878313
oclc:ocn652063082
LC Classification:HQ1064.A78
Dewey Decimal:362.6095

1. Introduction : Asia's position in the new global demography / Roger Goodman & Sarah Harper -- 2. Economic reform and intergenerational relationships in China / Charlotte Ikels -- 3. "No wasting" and "empty nesters" : "old age" in Beijing / Anna Boermel -- 4. Political and economic influences on the health and welfare of the elderly in the USSR and Russia : 1955-2005 / Christopher Mark Davis -- 5. The economic marginalization of post-Soviet Russia's elderly population and the failure of state ageing policy : a case study of Magadan city / John Round -- 6. Experiences in old age : a south Indian example of how functional age is socially structured / Penny Vera-Sanso -- 7. The intergenerational contract in the changing Asian family / Elisabeth J. Croll.

Subjects

Alter Asia Asien Older people -- Economic conditions Older people -- Economic conditions. --… Older people -- Government policy Older people -- Government policy -- As… Older people -- Social conditions Older people -- Social conditions. -- A… Personnes âgées -- Conditions économiqu… Personnes âgées -- Conditions sociales.… Personnes âgées -- Politique gouverneme… Population aging Population aging -- Asia Vieillissement de la population -- Asie