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

La professoressa Sarah Harper FRAI CBE è una gerontologa britannica, che ha fondato l'Istituto di invecchiamento della popolazione di Oxford ed è diventata il primo professore di gerontologia dell'Università di Oxford. Ha fatto parte del Consiglio del Primo Ministro per la scienza e la tecnologia tra il 2014 e il 2017 e nel 2017 è stata nominata Direttore della Royal Institution of Great Britain. Sarah è stata nominata CBE nel 2018 per i servizi alla Scienza della Demografia.

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