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Title Ageing matters : European policy lessons from the East / edited by John Doling, Catherine Jones Finer, Tony Maltby.

Publication Info. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005]
©2005
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 204 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Social policy in modern Asia
Social policy in modern Asia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; PART I: THE CONTEXT; 1 Editorial Introduction; 2 Prospects for Pragmatism: Trading Lessons in Social Policy Between East and West; 3 Ageing and Social Policy in the European Union: A Contextual Overview; PART II: THE CASE STUDIES; 4 Malaysia: Supporting Families; 5 Population Ageing in Singapore: The Challenge of Using the Central Provident Fund for Retirement Needs; 6 Ageing Issues and Policy in Hong Kong: Lessons for Other Countries.
Summary This book is the first to examine in detail the experiences and prospects of population ageing in those Asian countries with the highest GDP per capita. The authors pose the question to what extent Asia and 'old Europe' can learn from each other in terms of policy planning.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Aging -- Cross-cultural studies.
Aging -- Cross-cultural studies.
Older people -- Cross-cultural studies.
Older people.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies.
Subject Aging -- Asia -- Case studies.
Aging.
Asia.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Older people -- Government policy -- Asia -- Case studies.
Older people -- Government policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Added Author Doling, J. F.
Jones Finer, Catherine.
Maltby, Tony.
Added Title Aging matters
Other Form: Print version: Ageing matters. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2005 (DLC) 2004017827
ISBN 9780754680734 (electronic book)
0754680738 (electronic book)
0754642372 (alkaline paper)

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