The Power of Global Aging
Published on 1. May 2018
129 pages
978-1-5361-3847-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a demographical overview of the key issues associated with globalisation and global aging in the 21st century. The book explores how populational aging has increased the implications for socio-economic issues for individuals and populations. The book also explores China which is fast on its way to becoming the most powerful economic force in the world. The book explores some of the major issues populational aging impacts, including pensions, the labour market, care, social security and family life. The power of global aging in the 21st century is one of the greatest challenges, along with climate change, for the sustainability of nation states across the world.
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Jason L. Powell
The Power of Global Aging
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07/2018
Nova Science Publishers Inc
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1
- Introduction
- Chapter 2
- Globalization and Inequality
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Global Poverty and Inequality
- Globalization and Reformulation of Economic Power
- Globalization and the Social Contract
- Corollaries of Public Policy: Making Sense of Social Welfare in Global Arena
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3
- Globalization and Aging
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Aging Populations in the Americas
- Aging in Asia
- The Populational Structure of Europe
- Populational Aging in Africa
- The Social and Economic Challenges of Global Aging
- Chapter 4
- Global Issues of Aging in China
- Abstract
- From "Global Aging" to "Aging in China"
- Where Does the Ambivalence to Aging Come From?
- Bio-Medicine, Family Care, and Aging: Implications for China
- Declining to Decline-Active Aging?
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5
- The State, Trust and Aging in China
- Abstract
- Introduction
- What Is Trust?
- Trust and China: An Historiography
- Trust and Aging in Contemporary China
- Governmentality, Trust and Self-Actualization
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6
- The Biomedicalization of Aging in China?
- Where Does the Ambivalence to Aging Come from?
- Bio-Medicine, Family Care, and Aging: Implications for China
- Declining to Decline-Active Aging?
- Conclusion
- Conclusion: Directions for Older Populations
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
- Africa
- References
- Index
- Blank Page
