Ageing Matters: European Policy Lessons from the East

ISBN-13: 9780815387503 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 216 str.

John Doling

Opis

The implications of population ageing have long concerned politicians, policy makers and governmental and non-governmental organizations in the welfare states of Europe

Spis treści

Contents: The Context: Editorial introduction, John Doling; Prospects for pragmatism: trading lessons in social policy between East and West, Catherine Jones Finer; Ageing and social policy in the European Union: a contextual overview, Tony Maltby and Gordon Deuchars. The Case Studies: Malaysia: supporting families, Roziah Omar; Population ageing in Singapore: the challenge of using the central provident fund for retirement needs, Tee Liang Ngiam; Ageing issues and policy in Hong Kong: lessons for other countries, Joe C. B. Leung; Universal values versus political ideology: the virtual reform experience of Taiwan‘s national pension plan, Hsiao-hung Nancy Chen; National policies on ageing in South Korea, Sung-Jae Choi and Seong-Hoon Bae; Inter-generational equity and social solidarity: Japan's search for an integrated policy on ageing, Tetsuo Ogawa. The Lessons: Ageing in East and Southeast Asia, Paul Wilding; Lessons to be learnt, John Doling, Catherine Jones Finer and Tony Maltby; Statistical appendix: ageing matters in figures, Li Kan; Index.

O autorze

John Doling