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1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Annotation 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. |
| Contents |
Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; Part I: Comparative Lessons Between East and West; 1. Aging in East and West at the Turn of the Century; 2. Aging in Industrial Societies, East and West: A Western Comparative Perspective; 3. An Asian Perspective on Aging East and West: Filial Piety and Changing Families; Part II: Aging in Asian Societies; 4. China: Population Aging and Old Age Support; 5. Japan: Hyper-aging and Its Policy Implications; 6. Korea: Demographic Trends, Sociocultural Contexts, and Public Policy; Part III: Aging in Western Societies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Older people. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Aging -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Aging -- Cross-cultural studies. |
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Aged. |
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Aging. |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison. |
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Demography. |
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Public Policy. |
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Socioeconomic Factors. |
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Asia, Eastern. |
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Germany. |
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United Kingdom. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bengtson, Vern L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Aging in East and West. New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co, ©2000 0826113516 9780826113511 (DLC) 00027399 (OCoLC)43599083 |
| ISBN |
9780826116666 (electronic book) |
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0826116663 (electronic book) |
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9780826113511 (Hardcover) |
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0826113516 (Hardcover) |
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1281806218 |
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9781281806215 |
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0826113516 (Hardcover) |
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