1. Introduction, Christian Aspalter and Alan Walker 2. The Concept of Active Ageing, Alan Walker 3. New Perspectives for Active Ageing: The Normative Approach of Developmental Social Policy, Christian Aspalter 4. Active Ageing in South Korea, Sung-Jae Choi 5. Active Ageing in Taiwan, Wan-I Lin 6. Active Ageing in Hong Kong, Joe C.B. Leung 7. Active Ageing in Mainland China, Vivian W.Q. Lou 8. Active Ageing in Malaysia: Sharifah Norazizan Syed Abdul Rashid 9. Active Ageing in Singapore, Kalyani K. Mehta 10. Active Ageing in Indonesia, Evi Nurvidya Arifin 11. Conclusion: The Way Forward for Active Ageing, Alan Walker and Christian Aspalter
Biography
Alan Walker is Professor of Social Policy and Social Geroentology at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Christian Aspalter is Professor of Social Policy at Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, Hong Kong.
"Regardless of a country’s stage of development, the authors have provided a blueprint for active aging policy-making that all countries can use. In offering this blueprint, they have essentially broadened the definition of active aging by examining and challenging how aging is viewed and assessed around the world, specifically throughout East Asia. A significant, much-needed addition to the literature and discourse on aging that has been long overdue. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." - A.L. Lewis, University of Arkansas Monticello, in CHOICE, September 2015
