Age & Ageing Books

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1. Singapore's Ageing Population: Managing Healthcare and End of Life Decisions

   Edited by Wing-Cheong Chan

   A rapidly ageing population is the most significant demographic issue confronting Singapore in our lifetime. This has created new and increasing demands on Singapore’s healthcare system and on the families of the older adults. The challenge is in providing a system of care that is humane, effective...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-60975-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Aging in World History

   By David G. Troyansky

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-77907-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Elder Law

   By John Williams

   This book looks at the historical background to the law's approach to ageing, focusing on questions such as: Has the law promoted ageism? How well has the law protected older people against discrimination, abuse and social exclusion? How effective will new prohibitions on age...

   December 2010 | 978-1-85941-922-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Retirement Security in the Great Recession

   Edited by Christian Weller

   Few events have posed as many challenges for retirement and retirement policy as the crisis of the late 2000s. At the end of the last decade, the United States experienced the Great Recession—a combination of unprecedented wealth losses and historically high unemployment increases that marked the...

   October 2010 | 978-0-415-58903-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Retirement, Work and Pensions in Ageing Korea

   Edited by Jae-Jin Yang, Thomas Klassen

   Even among the four Asian tigers, with their economic miracles during the past several decades that allowed them to join the ranks of the developed nations, South Korea is extraordinary. As significant as its economic progress, from a dirt poor and devastated nation in the 1960s, is South Korea’s...

   January 2010 | 978-0-415-55172-4 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Interdependency and Care over the Lifecourse

   By Sophia Bowlby, Linda McKie, Susan Gregory, Isobel Macpherson

   Interdependency and Care over the Lifecourse draws upon theories of time and space to consider how informal care is woven into the fabric of everyday lives and is shaped by social and economic inequalities and opportunities. The book comprises three parts. The first explores contrasting social...

   January 2010 | 978-0-415-43467-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Women and Therapy in the Last Third of Life: The Long View

   Edited by Valory Mitchell

   What is distinct about the last third of life, about women, that makes psychotherapy different? In this diverse collection, the psychological meanings and challenges of the last third of life are explored, as the capacity of the psyche expands, sense of time changes, and some questions take on new...

   December 2009 | 978-0-415-56757-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Ageing in East Asia: Challenges and Policies for the Twenty-First Century

   Edited by Tsung-hsi Fu, Rhidian Hughes

   Ageing populations present considerable challenges to welfare states internationally, and East Asia is no exception. Demographics show that countries in East Asia either have the highest proportion of older people, or the speed at which their population is ageing is faster than anywhere else in the...

   February 2009 | 978-0-415-45465-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Population Decline and Ageing in Japan - The Social Consequences

   By Florian Coulmas

   This book presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the most pressing challenges facing Japan today: population decline and ageing. It argues that social ageing is a phenomenon that follows in the wake of industrialization, urbanization and social modernization, bringing about changes in values...

   2008 | 978-0-415-48011-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

10. Pension Politics: Consensus and Social Conflict in Ageing Societies

    By Patrik Marier

    Population ageing and slower economic growth have raised serious questions about the willingness and ability of governments to maintain current social policies. Within this new reality, discussions on the future of public pensions have been predominant in political debates across Europe. This...

    2008 | 978-0-415-42599-5 | Hardback (Routledge)