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Aging in East and West: Families, States, and the Elderly

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
0826113516, 9780826113511, 9780826116666
Open Library ID
OL16988021M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14407709 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
312\313
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Widely recognized experts present the first comparative analysis of recent developments among six Eastern and Western nations concerning population aging and its consequences. Chapters focus on demographic trends, sociocultural contexts, and policy implications. Nations selected as case studies include: the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The editors and contributors call attention to the varied trajectories and effects of population aging in culturally diverse societies that are often at different stages or on different paths of economic development. Such analyses bring into sharper focus those conditions that are unique, or similar, and emphasize the ways in which cultural stereotypes of aging and the elderly complicate our understanding of the effects of world-wide population aging.

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