Gebundenes Buch

The United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing

Global Perspectives

Herausgeber: Formosa, Marvin; Shankardass, Mala Kapur

Beschreibung

This book brings together global perspectives on the MIPAA and focusses on and assesses the success and failures of governments to implement its recommendations.

Autor

Marvin Formosa is an Associate Professor in gerontology at the Department of Gerontology and Dementia Studies, University of Malta. He holds the posts of Chairperson of the National Commission for Active Ageing (Malta), Rector's Delegate for the University of the Third Age (Malta), and Director of the International Institute on Ageing (United Nations Malta). He has published widely in the field of ageing studies, and his most recent publications include The University of Third Age and Active Ageing (2019) and Ageing and COVID-19: Making sense of a disruptive world (¿uszczy¿ska & Formosa, 2021). Formosa is Malta's Country Team Leader for the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Mala Kapur Shankardass is an academician, researcher, writer and an activist with specialisation in sociology, health social sciences and gerontology. She has recently retired as Professor from University of Delhi, India. She has prestigious assignments to her credit with the United Nations and other international organisations, and has been affiliated with these as an Expert/Consultant and with honorary positions. She is Member of different Committees constituted by a varied Ministries and institutions of Government of India. She has published books, chapters with reputable publishers and has many articles in journals, magazines and newspapers, and is recipient of fellowships and awards for her work on ageing issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9781032292625
• ISBN-10: 1032292628
• Artikelnr.: 66267002