Author : Alan Walker
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 10,84 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN :
This collection of essays by leading authorities examines the new politics of old age from the perspectives of individual countries and the European Union as a whole.
Author : Angela Carell
Publisher :
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 20,68 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Older people
ISBN :
Author : A. Goerres
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 43,78 MB
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230233953
The first comparative analysis of the political behaviour of older people, using evidence from 20+ European democracies. In contrast to younger people across European societies, older people do not behave uniformly. For political participation in later life, it matters where and when individuals have grown up and in which country they become old.
Author : Angela Carell
Publisher :
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 36,64 MB
Release : 1996
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Achim Goerres
Publisher :
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 16,86 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Hanna Falk Erhag
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 19,89 MB
Release : 2022-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3030780635
This open access book provides insight on how to interpret capability in ageing – one’s individual ability to perform actions in order to reach goals one has reason to value – from a multidisciplinary approach. With for the first time in history there being more people in the world aged 60 years and over than there are children below the age of 5, the book describes this demographic trends as well as the large global challenges and important societal implications this will have such as a worldwide increase in the number of persons affected with dementia, and in the ratio of retired persons to those still in the labor market. Through contributions from many different research areas, it discussed how capability depends on interactions between the individual (e.g. health, genetics, personality, intellectual capacity), environment (e.g. family, friends, home, work place), and society (e.g. political decisions, ageism, historical period). The final chapter summarizes the differences and similarities in these contributions. As such this book provides an interesting read for students, teachers and researchers at different levels and from different fields interested in capability and multidisciplinary research.
Author : Aina Gallego
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 110702353X
This book describes the levels of unequal electoral participation in thirty-six countries worldwide, examines possible causes of this phenomenon, and discusses its consequences.
Author : Alan Walker
Publisher : Springer
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,45 MB
Release : 2018-11-23
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9811314179
This book provides the most comprehensive analysis available of the challenges created by Europe’s ageing population. Grounded in state-of-the-art scientific assessments by leading European researchers, the book is strongly policy focused. Indeed this book contains a detailed account of the policies required across a broad field, from economic sustainability and extending working lives, to healthy ageing, technological innovation, long term care and political citizenship, for the successful adaptation to the challenges of ageing in Europe and globally. It is a policy manifesto to ensure that the future of ageing in Europe is transformed into a highly beneficial one for both citizens and societies.
Author : Kathrin Komp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 28,1 MB
Release : 2013-01-24
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9400761341
Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world and its population is still ageing. This demographic shift affects society, economy, and welfare states. Scholars from various disciplines and the public noted this development and wonder what effects it may have, but lack adequate information. They call for explanations that are concise and easily accessible. The book at hand fills this lacuna. It introduces readers to the most important developments, theories, concepts, and discussions in ageing studies – always keeping an eye on the current situation in Europe. Each chapter adopts the perspective of a different discipline, e.g. public health, sociology, economics, or technology. To make the explanations easy to understand, the book includes learning tools such as learning objectives, multiple choice questions, and a glossary.
Author : Hans-Werner Wahl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 41,86 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 135184279X
This book was nurtured by the belief that the new dynamics of today's and tomorrow's aging has not yet been treated well in the gerontology literature. Several questions drove the choice of substance for the book: What kind of new dynamics of aging deserves consideration? What kinds of theories and fields are at the core of treating such a new dynamics? And what kind of empirical evidence should be considered? The master hypothesis on which the book is based maintains that the new dynamics of old age is best observed in a range of everyday aging contexts that have been undergoing major change since the second half of the 20th century. In particular, five areas of new and persistent dynamics are treated in depth: the social environment, with a focus on cohort effects in social relations and the consideration of family relations and elders as care redelivers; the home environment, with emphasis on housing and quality of life, relocation and urban aging issues; the outdoor environment, with consideration of out-of-home activity patterns, car-driving behaviour and the leisure world of aging; the technological environment, with treatments of the role of the Internet and the potential of technology for aging outcomes and; and the societal environment with a focus on global aging, the new politics of old age and older persons as market consumers. The book's main purpose is to provide the scholarly gerontology community with a comprehensive and critical discussion of these new trends related to old age. The book will be of interest for the scholarly community of gerontology in a variety of disciplines; sociology, psychology, demography, epidemiology, humanities, social policy and geriatrics; students in gerontology education and in the disciplines named above who have an interest in aging issues (graduate level); professionals in practical and applied fields related to aging such as community and urban planners, health and care providers and policymakers; people involved in senior citizens' organizations and those in industry who wish to serve older people with new products.
