As the world ages : rethinking a demographic crisis /

People are living longer, not only in wealthy countries but in developing nations. Western experts have long conceived of aging as a universal predicament--one that supposedly provokes the same welfare concerns in every context. In the twenty-first century, we must embrace a new approach that priori...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sivaramakrishnan, Kavita (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Social gerontology > Developing countries.
Social gerontology > Africa.
Social gerontology > South Asia.
Aging > Developing countries.
Social planning > Developing countries.
Gérontologie sociale > Afrique.
Gérontologie sociale > Asie méridionale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
MEDICAL > History.
Aging
Social gerontology
Social planning
Social policy
Africa > Social policy.
South Asia > Social policy.
Afrique > Politique sociale.
Asie méridionale > Politique sociale.
Africa
Developing countries
South Asia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Coming of age
  • Old age in young nations
  • Growing old in the time of chronic disease
  • The emergence of the international gerontologist
  • New frontiers: aging experts in Asia and Africa
  • The birth of global aging and its local afterlives
  • International NGOs and the aged in the developing world
  • Epilogue: From decolonization to globalization.

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