Fu / Hughes Ageing in East Asia

Challenges and Policies for the Twenty-First Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-134-05127-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

Ageing populations present considerable challenges to welfare states internationally, and East Asia is no exception. Demographics show that countries in East Asia either have the highest proportion of older people, or the speed at which their population is ageing is faster than anywhere else in the world. This book explores the causes and trends of population ageing in eight countries, and discusses the challenges and impacts of population ageing on public policies. East Asian countries have developed new policies to meet older people’s needs – across health, social care, income maintenance, employment and housing.

Ageing in East Asia provides the first comprehensive introduction to ageing policies in East Asian countries. The book:

- explores causes and trends of population ageing

- discusses the challenges and impacts of population ageing on public policies

- examines the important strategic and theoretical policy contexts of ageing policies in East Asian countries

- covers eight East Asian countries in dedicated chapters: examining Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

This volume brings East Asian countries clearly into focus, and illuminates the state of welfare development internationally. It provides an important resource for lecturers, students, researchers and policy makers with interest in East Asia, older people and welfare policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fu, Tsung-hsi

Hughes, Rhidian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of plates, figures, maps and tables. List of contributors. List of abbreviations. Foreword - Michael Hill. Chapter 1. Introduction: Challenges to population ageing in East Asia - Tsung-hsi Fu and Rhidian Hughes. Chapter 2. Perspectives on Ageing in East Asia: The Embeddedness of Institutions - Shih-Jiunn Shi and Yeun-wen Ku. Chapter 3. Older People’s Income Security in China: The Challenges of Population Ageing - Hsiao-hung Nancy Chen and Tsung-hsi Fu. Chapter 4. Ageing in Japan: Family Changes and Policy Developments- Michihiko Tokoro. Chapter 5. Old-Age Security in Korea: The Strengthened Role of the State? - Gyu-Jin Hwang. Chapter 6. Population ageing and social policy in Taiwan - Tsung-hsi Fu and Pau-Ching Lu. Chapter 7. Retirement income protection in Hong Kong - Kee-Lee Chou. Chapter 8. Ageing in Singapore: Policy Challenges and Innovations - Angelique Chan. Chapter 9. Ageing in Malaysia: Progress and Prospects - Fon Sim Ong, David R Phillips and Tengku Aizan Hamid. Chapter 10. Ageing in Thailand: Challenges and Policy Responses - Nongluck Pussayapibul, Samrit Srithamrongsawat and Kanitta Bundhamcharoen. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Tsung-hsi Fu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Work, National Taiwan Univerity.

Rhidian Hughes is Visiting Senior Lecturer at King’s College, London.