As nations become increasingly diverse and globalises, diversity-related issues are posing greater and greater challenges to business managers, non-profit and government officials, and academic administrators world-wide. They require fundamental changes in the way people think and act, or they may end up being divided rather than united. As a consequence, suffering arises from misunderstandings, distrust and serious conflicts not necessarily serving their own interests. This book examines some of the most important issues related to diversity along with various disciplinary perspectives that...

Examines what the world has learned so far in dealing with ageing. This title discusses how such a country as China has kept up with that learning. By combining general reviews with case studies in a comparative context, it illustrates a multidisciplinary approach to understanding Western and non-Western experiences.

Explores the issue of global ageing and its impact on different nation states across the world. This book sets the scene about the challenges of global ageing; utilises a number of case studies examining how different nation states manage social issues associated with acing; and, explores the impact of global ageing on some of the continents.

This innovative book is a theoretical, reflexive and critical overview of the key issues connected to aging in contemporary society. The book explores how aging has been theorized which has increasing implications for socio-economic issues for individuals and populations. The book also explores the interaction between method-theory dualism through the concept of narrative which is quickly on its way to becoming the most context sensitive analytical frameworks to examine instances of aging identity. Related to this, the book then explores some of the major impacts on embodiment and how it...