Widely recognized experts present the first comparative analysis of recent developments among six Eastern and Western nations concerning population aging and its consequences. Chapters focus on demographic trends, sociocultural contexts, and policy implications. Nations selected as case studies include: the Peopleís Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The editors and contributors call attention to the varied trajectories and effects of population aging in culturally diverse societies that are often at different stages or on different paths of economic development. Such analyses bring into sharper focus those conditions that are unique, or similar, and emphasize the ways in which cultural stereotypes of aging and the elderly complicate our understanding of the effects of world-wide population aging.
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Preface
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Section 1: Comparative Lessons between East and West
Aging in the East and West at the Turn of the Century, Kyong-Dong Kim, Vern L. Bengtson, George C. Myers, and Ki-Soo Eun
Aging in Industrial Societies, East and West: A ìWesternî Comparative Perspective, Catherine Jones Finer
An Asian Perspective on Aging in East and West, Kyu-taik Sung
Section II: Aging in Asian Societies
China: Population Aging and Old Age, Shengiu Gu and Jersey Liang
Japan: Hyper-aging and its Policy Implications, Hiroshi Kojima
Korea: Demographic Trends, Sociocultural Contects, and Public Policy, Gene Yoon, Ki-Soo Eun, and Keong Suk-park
Section III: Aging in Western Societies
Germany: Demography and Aging: Policy Following Reunification, Ineke Maas
The United Kingdom: Demographic Trends, Recent Policy Developments, and Care Provisions, Helen P. Bartlett and David R. Phillips
The United States: Population Demographics, Changes in the Family, and Social Policy Challenges, Tonya M. Parrott, Terry L. Mills and Vern L. Bengtson
Section IV: Conceptual and Methodological Issues
Cultural Stereotypes of Old Age, Kwong-Dong Kim
Innovative Strategies for Comparative Aging Research, George C. Myers Part
Section IV: Conclusion
Who Will Care for the Elderly? Consequences of population aging East and West, Vern L. Bengtson and Norella Putney
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