Living Longer Ageing, Development and Social Protection

by Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781842773567
• ISBN10: 1842773569
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-02
• Publisher: ZED BOOKS

Summary

This book examines the links between well-being and development, drawing on examples from low, middle and high-income countries. It examines aging in a number of very different development contexts--in Argentina, Brazil, China, Ghana, Japan, Mexico, Thailand, Ukraine, UK and USA. It highlights the complexity of relationships between development and the way later life is experienced, identifies key priorities for policy-makers, and maps out an urgent research agenda.

Author Biography

Peter Lloyd-Sherlock is a Lecturer in Social Development, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Table of Contents

List of Acronyms	x
Preface	xi
Ageing, Development and Social Protection: Generalisations, Myths and Stereotypes	1	(21)
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
PART I Development Trajectories, Social Change and Wellbeing in Later Life
Introduction	19	(3)
Long-term Historical Changes in the Status of Elders: the United Kingdom as an Exemplar of Advanced Industrial Economies	22	(22)
Paul Johnson
Social Policy and the Wellbeing of Older People at a Time of Economic Slowdown: the Case of Brazil	44	(27)
Ana Amelia Camarano
The Impact of Transition on Older People in Ukraine: Looking to the Future with Hope	71	(26)
Vladislav V. Bezrukov
Natalia A. Foigt
Potential Consequences of Population Ageing of Social Development in China	97	(25)
Du Peng
David R. Phillips
PART II Formal Social Protection and Older People
Introduction	117	(5)
Comparing Pension Schemes in Chile, Singapore, Brazil and South Africa	122	(19)
Armando Barrientos
Ageing in Japan: An Issue of Social Contract in Welfare Transfer or Generational Conflict?	141	(19)
Tetsuo Ogawa
Health Policy and Older People in Africa	160	(24)
Di Mcintyre
Social Health Insurance for Older People: A Comparison of Argentina and the United States	184	(26)
Nelida Redondo
PART III Older People and the Care Economy
Introduction	205	(5)
Intergenerational Family Support and Old Age Economic Security in Ghana	210	(20)
Isabella Aboderin
Ageing in Mexico: Families, Informal Care and Reciprocity	230	(19)
Cristian Gomes Da Conceicao
Veronica Montes De Oca Zavala
AIDS and Older Persons: The View from Thailand	249	(26)
John Knodel
Chanpen Saengtienchai
Care, Dependency, and Social Justice: A Challenge to Conventional Ideas of the Social Contract	275	(25)
Martha C. Nussbaum
Notes on Contributors	300	(4)
Index	304