Title: Living Longer: Ageing, Development and Social Protection
Abstract: * Preface * 1. Ageing, development and social protection -generalisations, myths and stereotypes - Peter Lloyd-Sherlock * Part I: Development trajectories, social change and well-being in later life ** Introduction ** 2. Long-term historical changes in the status of elders: Britain as an exemplar of advanced industrial economies - Paul Johnson ** 3. Social policy and the well-being of older people at a time of economic slowdown: The case of Brazil -- Ana Amlia Camarano Na Amelia Camarano ** 4. The impact of transition on older people in Ukraine: Looking to the future with hope - Vladislav V. Bezrukov and Natalia A. Foigt ** 5. Potential consequences of population ageing for social development in China - Du Peng and David R. Phillips * Part II: Formal social protection and older people ** Introduction ** 6. Comparing pension schemes in Chile, Singapore, Brazil, and South Africa - Armando Barrientos ** 7. Ageing in Japan: An issue of social contract in welfare transfer or generational conflict? - Tetsuo Ogawa ** 8. Health policy and older people in Africa - Di McIntyre ** 9. Social health insurance for older people: A comparison of Argentina and the United States - Nelida Redondo * Part III: Older people and the care economy ** Introduction ** 10. Intergenerational family support and old age economic security in Ghana - Isabella Aboderin ** 11. Ageing in Mexico: Families, informal care and reciprocity - Cristina Gomes da Conceicao and Veronica Montes de Oca Zavala ** 12. AIDS and older persons: The view from Thailand - John Knodel and Chanpen Aeng Tienchai ** 13. Care, dependency, and social justice: A challenge to conventional ideas of the social contract - Martha C. Nussbaum
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-03-02
Language: en
Type: book
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