Living Longer Ageing, Development and Social Protection

by Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781842773574
• ISBN10: 1842773577
• Format: Paperback
• 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
1 Ageing, Development and Social Protection: Generalisations, Myths and Stereotypes
PETER LLOYD-SHERLOCK	1	(18)
PART I Development Trajectories, Social Change and Wellbeing in Later Life
Introduction	19	(98)
2 Long-term Historical Changes in the Status of Elders: the United Kingdom as an Exemplar of Advanced Industrial Economies
PAUL JOHNSON	22	(22)
3 Social Policy and the Wellbeing of Older People at a Time of Economic Slowdown: the Case of Brazil
ANA AMÉLIA CAMARANO	44	(27)
4 The Impact of Transition on Older People in Ukraine: Looking to the Future with Hope
VLADISLAV V. BEZRUKOV AND NATALIA A. FOIGT	71	(26)
5 Potential Consequences of Population Ageing for Social Development in China
DU PENG AND DAVID R. PHILLIPS	97	(20)
PART II Formal Social Protection and Older People
Introduction	117	(88)
6 Comparing Pension Schemes in Chile, Singapore, Brazil and South Africa
ARMANDO BARRIENTOS	122	(19)
7 Ageing in Japan: An Issue of Social Contract in Welfare Transfer or Generational Conflict?
TETSUO OGAWA	141	(19)
8 Health Policy and Older People in Africa
DI MCINTYRE	160	(24)
9 Social Health Insurance for Older People: A Comparison of Argentina and the United States
NÉLIDA REDONDO	184	(21)
PART III Older People and the Care Economy
Introduction	205	(5)
10 Intergenerational Family Support and Old Age Economic Security in Ghana
ISABELLA ABODERIN	210	(20)
11 Ageing in Mexico: Families, Informal Care and Reciprocity
CRISTINA GOMES DA CONCEIÇÃO AND VERONICA MONTES DE OCA ZAVALA	230	(19)
12 AIDS and Older Persons: The View from Thailand
JOHN KNODEL AND CHANPEN SAENGTIENCHAI	249	(26)
13 Care, Dependency, and Social Justice: A Challenge to Conventional Ideas of the Social Contract
MARTHA C. NUSSBAUM	275	(25)
Notes on Contributors	300	(4)
Index	304