Aging in East and West

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles. Offers a comparative analysis of recent developments among six Eastern and Western nations concerning population aging and its consequences. Focuses on demographic trends, sociocultural contexts, and policy implications. Nations include: People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Japan, Germany, UK. and the U.S.

Helen Patricia Bartlett, Ph.D., is Professor of Health Studies at Oxford Brookes University in England Catherine Jones Finer, Ph.D., is Senior Lecturer and Reader in Social Policy at the University of Birmingham Shengzu Gu, Ph.D., is Professor of Economics and Director of Institute of Population Studies at Wuhan University Hiroshi Kojima, Ph.D., is currently Director, Department of International Research and Cooperation, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research in Tokyo, Japan Jersey Liang, Ph.D., is Professor of Health Management and Policy and Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Michigan Ineke Maas, Ph.D. in sociology, is a senior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany Teheran (Terry) Mills, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Sociology and a faculty affiliate of the Institute on Aging at the University of Florida Keong-Suk Park, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at Han yang University, Korea. She has published several papers in domestic and international academic journals such as Korean Journal of Population, Korean Journal of Sociology, International Japanese Journal of Sociology, and Population Problems. Tonya M. Parrott, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Sociology and Gerontology at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut David R. Phillips, Ph.D., is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies (APIAS) at Lingnan University, Hong Kong Norella M. Putney, M.A., is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Southern California Kyu-taik Sung, Ph.D., He is Professor of Social Work at the University of Southern California Gene Yoon, Ph.D., was before his untimely death Professor of Psychology at Yonsei University in Korea