Ageing in East Asia (eBook, ePUB)

Challenges and Policies for the Twenty-First Century
Redaktion: Fu, Tsung-Hsi; Hughes, Rhidian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the causes and trends of population ageing in East Asia and discusses the challenges and impacts of population ageing on public policies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134051274
• Artikelnr.: 38458414

Autorenporträt

Tsung-hsi Fu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Work, National Taiwan Univerity. Rhidian Hughes is Visiting Senior Lecturer at King's College, London.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Challenges to Population Ageing in East Asia 2.
Perspectives on Ageing in East Asia: The Embeddedness of Institutions 3.
Older People's Income Security in China: The Challenges of Population
Ageing 4. Ageing in Japan: Family Changes and Policy Developments 5.
Old-Age Security in Korea: The Strengthened Role of the State? 6.
Population Ageing and Social Policy in Taiwan 7. Retirement Income
Protection in Hong Kong 8. Ageing in Singapore: Policy Challenges and
Innovations 9. Ageing in Malaysia: Progress and Prospects 10. Ageing in
Thailand: Challenges and Policy Responses. Index