Living longer : ageing, development and social protection / edited by Peter Lloyd-Sherlock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Developing countries.

Older people.

Older people--Services for--Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Zed Books, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the links between wellbeing and development, drawing on examples from low, middle and high-income countries. It examines ageing in a number of very different development contexts - Argentina, Brazil, China, Ghana, Japan, Mexico, Thailand, Ukraine, UK and USA.

Contents:

1. Ageing, development and social protection : generalisations, myths and stereotypes / Peter Lloyd-Sherlock

2. Long-term historical changes in the status of elders : the United Kingdom as an exemplar of advanced industrial economies / Paul Johnson

3. Social policy and the wellbeing of older people at a time of economic slowdown : the case of Brazil / Ana Amelia Camarano

4. The impact of transition on older people in Ukraine : looking to the future with hope / Vladislav V. Bezrukov and Natalia A. Foigt

5. Potential consequences of population ageing for social development in China / Du Peng and David R. Phillips

6. Comparing pension schemes in Chile, Singapore, Brazil and South Africa / Armando Barrientos.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611258856

9781350221154

1350221155

9781848137257

1848137257

9781281258854

1281258857

9781848130708

1848130708

OCLC:

313729324