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AGEING SOCIETIES
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2005; US$ 49.95Ageing Societies examines the myths, challenges and opportunities behind these figures more...
Advances in the Economics of Aging
University of Chicago Press 2007; US$ 45.00This volume presents innovative research on issues of importance to the well-being of older persons: labor market behavior, health care, housing and living arrangements, and saving and wealth. Specific topics include the effect of labor market rigidities on the employment of older workers; the effect on retirement of the availability of continuation... more...
Age Matters
CRC Press 2006; US$ 34.95This volume of original chapters is designed to bring attention to a neglected area of feminist scholarship - aging. After several decades of feminist studies we are now well informed of the complex ways that gender shapes the lives of women and men. Similarly, we know more about how gendered power relations interface with race and ethnicity, class... more...
Age as an Equality Issue
Hart Publishing Limited 2003; US$ 84.60This book addresses the key issues that surround age discrimination in a series of chapters by experts from a wide range of disciplines. It begins by examining the nature of the ageing process and then turns to a detailed analysis of the concept of age equality. more...
Ageing Matters
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 120.00This 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. more...
Ageing Well
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 172.00This book explores concepts of quality of life in older age in the theoretical literature and presents the views of a national sample of people aged sixty- five years or older. It offers a broad overview of the quality of life experienced by older people in Britain using a number of wide ranging indicators, including:. Health. Hobbies and interests.... more...
Ageing and Long-Term Care
International Development Research Centre 2002; US$ 40.00The case studies in this book focus on the emergence, extent and nature of national policies on ageing and associated strategies to address long-term care needs. Key opportunities for and constraints on policy are identified in this first round of regional studies. more...
Ageing and Place
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 178.00During recent years, an increasing amount of academic research has focused on older people with a particular emphasis on settings, places and spaces. This book provides a comprehensive review of research and the policy area of 'ageing and place'. An insightful book on an important topic, Andrews and Phillips have together edited a valuable information... more...
Ageing and the Public Service
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 70.00Government workforces are ageing even more rapidly than the rest of society. This raises specific challenges and opportunities. An ageing public service increases fiscal burdens while decreasing immediate capacities to deliver services. In the long run, however, it also offers a strategic opportunity to downsize the public sector workforce if necessary... more...
Ageing in the Asia-Pacific Region
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 230.00This book focuses on the challenges that an ageing Asia-Pacific population poses to economies and societies in the region. It considers the policies that have evolved to date to meet new demands, and how these will operate in the future. more...









