Aging and demographic change in Canadian context / edited by David Cheal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cheal, David J., editor.

Series:

Policy research (Toronto, Ont.)

Policy Research: The Trends Project Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--Social aspects--Canada.

Aging.

Age distribution (Demography)--Canada.

Age distribution (Demography).

Vieillissement--Aspect social--Canada.

Vieillissement.

Répartition par âge (Démographie)--Canada.

Répartition par âge (Démographie).

Canada--Population policy.

Canada.

Canada--Social conditions--1991-.

Canada--Population.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Canadian population is aging. As the "Baby-Boomer" generation reaches retirement age, policy-makers have begun to fear the economic and demographic challenges ahead. Aging and Demographic Change in Canadian Context responds to this alarmist view. The contributors present several alternative perspectives and question whether an aging society is necessarily inferior or problematic compared with the recent past, cautioning that exaggerated concerns about population aging can be harmful to rational policy making. The contributors argue that it is important to develop forward-looking programs that may influence life course trajectories in favourable directions, and that these new policies should be developed with respect to the life course considered as a whole. "Old age" is a slippery concept, and the effective boundaries between it and "middle age" are not always clear. The essays in Aging and Demographic Change in Canadian Context address these challenges and seek to broaden public discussion on aging and Canadian public policy

Contents:

Contents

Tables and Figures

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Contributors

1 Introduction: Contextualizing Demographic Concerns

2 Intergenerational Interlinkages: Public, Family, and Work

3 Aging, Language, and Culture

4 The Impact of Demographic and Social Trends on Informal Support for Older Persons

5 Aging and Productivity: What Do We Know?

6 Work and Leisure: A Question of Balance

7 Catching Up with Diversity in Intergenerational Relationships

Appendix: Iowa City Declaration

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-281-99613-0

9786611996130

1-4426-7073-8

OCLC:

923070503