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The Ageing World

By Anil Bagchi

Book information

Publisher
Pearson Education
Year
2006
ISBN
8177589814, 9788177589818
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1190676 bytes)
Pages
365\365
Time added
2020-04-11 11:33:43

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Cover Acknowledgements Contents Prologue Introduction Part One: The Ageing of Individuals and the Greying of the Population Chapter 1: Eat Less and Live Well Who are the Old? Ageing is Generalised Physical Deterioration Looking for an Explanation The Rate of Living Theory Oxygen and the Human Body Restricting Calorie Intake Disease or Impairment Also Cause Ageing Ageing of the Mind Extending Longevity Chapter 2: Where Have the Children Gone? Greying The Mechanics of Greying Fertility In Which Direction will the Fertility Rate Move? Mortality and Life Expectancy A Clueless World Chapter 3: Knowledge, Growth and Greying Patterns in the Greying World Western Nations China and India Sub-Saharan-Africa—Countries for Which Geography was Destiny The Latinos India’s Parsi Community Starting the Battle All Over Again Declining Birthrate is a Near Universal Trend World Greying, a Further Note Cultural Resistance A Final Observation Chapter 4: The Aged in the Greying World Retirement The Retirement Culture The Attitude Towards the Elderly, and of the Elderly Family Multigenerational Homes A Note on Eastern Filial Responsibility Away from Parents, Strangers to Children, Unknown to Grandchildren Watering the Neighbour’s Lawn Dependence on Others Intergenerational Transfer of Wealth The Aged in the Ageing Society A Concluding Statement Part Two: Grey Dynamics Chapter 5: The Compulsions of the 21st Century The Compulsions Technology and Environmental Pollution The Kyoto Conference Recommendations Consumption and Pollution Transfer of Technology Energy Efficiency Globalisation Chapter 6: Living with Strangers From an Open to a Closed World The Next Fifty Years Grey Dynamics Migration The Invasion of Bachelors Ethnic Considerations Cultural Barriers Assimilation What Happens When the Immigrants Form a Formidable Group? Emigration as an Instrument of Policy Redefining the Problem The Importation of Foreign Culture An Interim Summary Chapter 7: The Age Divide The Emerging Culture of Older People Changing Language The New Divide The Mechanics of Descent Chapter 8: Changing Workplace, Changing Life Deliberate Living Where are the Jobs? The Nature of the Job Market Rights in General The Rights of the Future Generation Emotional Involvement Further on Changes Summing Up Chapter 9: Europe Faces the Greying World Europe’s Problem The Islamic Factor in European Immigration Neo-Imperialism Chapter 10: Young India Faces the Ageing World Globalisation is Going on Relentlessly Changing the Demographic Mosaic India/China Pakistan/Russia Population Implosion? Road Map for India Developing a Consensus on Globalisation Taking Note of the Demographic Changes Improvement of the Talent Pool Within the Country Taking on the Challenge of the Decade 2020 Empowering Through Education Health for All Drawing All in the Mainstream Economy Part Three: Living a Long Life in the Grey World Chapter 11: Beginning the Journey into the Unknown A Wish List When Biology Won’t Help Remaining Fit The Fitness of the Mind Try to Go Back to Work Restlessness, Boredom and Entertainment Keeping Fit in Mind and Body Living Chapter 12: Effective Living Such a Long Life and Nothing to Look for! Inventing a Purpose Back to Basics Effective Living—What it Should Involve Chapter 13: Remaining Differentiated Individuality The Undifferentiated Old—Continuity and Change Individualism Gone Wild The Me Generation All Hands on Deck Successful Ageing Chapter 14: Death Facing the Final Day Reconciling Death Making Room for Others Steps Towards Actualisation of Life’S Potential Conclusion Notes and References Index

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