Ageing in Asia: Asia’s Position in the New Global Demography pdf

La profesora Sarah Harper FRAI CBE es una gerontóloga británica que fundó el Instituto de Envejecimiento de la Población de Oxford y se convirtió en la primera profesora de Gerontología de la Universidad de Oxford. Formó parte del Consejo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Primer Ministro entre 2014 y 2017 y en 2017 fue nombrada Directora de la Real Institución de Gran Bretaña. Sarah fue nombrada CBE en 2018 por sus servicios a la Ciencia de la Demografía.

Ageing in Asia: Asia’s Position in the New Global Demography pdf por Sarah Harper

The volume takes four key themes related to ageing – the experience of old age; intergenerational relations; economics of and social policy for ageing; longevity and the culture of ageing - and examines how these issues are emerging in different regions of Asia, specifically, the former Soviet Union, South Asia, China, Japan and South-East Asia. In placing these Asian cases studies in the broader context of debates about, and policies on, ageing more generally, it brings them into the mainstream of comparative research on ageing from which they have been too often excluded. As the studies show, the relationship between ageing and poverty is a complex one and often reflects policy towards the aged rather than that the aged themselves are unproductive and dependent. Ageing, moreover, can no longer be considered as simply a national question; we also need to consider the implications of its global dimension in terms of issues such as human rights and quality of life.