International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy

Buch | Softcover

528 Seiten

2016
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78347-426-4 (ISBN)

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Each of these issues are broken down further and split into six comprehensive sections:• Context• Pensions• Health• Welfare• Case Studies• Policy Innovation and Civil SocietyAcademics interested in policy challenges for mature societies will find this Handbook a highly relevant reference tool.

With the collective knowledge of expert contributors in the field, The International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy explores the challenges arising from the ageing of populations across the globe.With an expansive look at the topic, this comprehensive Handbook examines various national state approaches to welfare provisions for older people and highlights alternatives based around the voluntary and third-party sector, families and private initiatives. Each of these issues are broken down further and split into six comprehensive sections:

Context
Pensions
Health<.li>
Welfare
Case Studies
Policy Innovation and Civil Society

Academics interested in policy challenges for mature societies will find this Handbook a highly relevant reference tool. It also offers an important message for policy makers and practitioners in the field of public policy.

Contributors include: J. Atanackovic, D.E. Bloom, I. Bode, A. Börsch-Supan, I.L. Bourgeault, R. Canning, B.A. Carnes, L. Carter-Edwards, T. Chen, E. Collom, R. Edlin, A. Elissen, M. Eloundou-Enyegue, M. Erlinghagen, J. Field, V. Galasso, R. Gauld, K. Hank, S. Harper, J. Hoffman, R. Holzmann, K. Howse, J.H. Johnson Jr., M. Kaplan, M. Kautto, H.G. Koenig, D. Lain, R. Lee, G.W. Leeson, E. Le , Z. Li, P. Lloyd-Sherlock, B.L. Lowell, A. Lusardi, A. Mason, R. McKinnon, A.M. Parnell, P. Profeta, N. Redondo, M. Sánchez, C. Saraceno, K. Spencer-Suarez, M.Tenikue, V. Timonen, F.M. Torres-Gil, S. Vickerstaff, B. Vriehoef, J. Warburton, A. Webb, E. Westerhout

Edited by Sarah Harper, CBE, Director and Clore Professor of Gerontology and Kate Hamblin, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford, UK with Jaco Hoffman, Kenneth Howse and George Leeson

Contents

1. Introduction: Conceptualising Social Policy for the Twenty-first-century Demography
Sarah Harper

2. Introduction to Parts I-IV: Perspectives on the Challenges of Population Ageing

PART I: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – CONTEXT
3. Drivers of Demographic Change in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
George W. Leeson

4. A Biodemographic Perspective on Longevity and Ageing
Bruce A. Carnes

5. Migration and Ageing Societies
Sarah Harper

6. On the Mechanical Contributions of Ageing to Global Income Inequality
Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue and Michael Tenikue

7. Population Ageing and the Size of the Welfare State
Vincenzo Galasso and Paola Profeta

PART II: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – PENSIONS
8. Global Pension Systems
Robert Holzmann

9. The Design and Implementation of Pension Systems in Developing Countries: Issues and Options
David E. Bloom and Roddy McKinnon

10. Understanding Pension Wealth
Zhenyu Li and Anthony Webb

11. Rational Pension Reform
Axel Börsch-Supan

12. National Transfer Accounts and Intergenerational Transfers
Ron Lee and Andy Mason

PART III: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – HEALTH
13. Assessing the Cost Effectiveness of Therapies for Older People
Richard Edlin

14. Population Ageing and Health Care Expenditure Growth
Ed Westerhout

15. Developing Appropriate and Effective Care for People with Chronic Disease
Bert Vrieheof and Arianne Elissen

PART IV: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – WELFARE
16. Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice in Age-related Transfers
Kenneth Howse

17. Health and Social Protection Policies for Older People in Latin America
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock

18. Ageing Electorates and Gerontocracy: The Politics of Ageing in a Global World
Fernando M. Torres-Gil and Kimberly Spencer-Suarez

19. Working Beyond Retirement Age: Lessons for Policy
David Lain and Sarah Vickerstaff

20. Families, Older Persons and Care in Contexts of Poverty: the Case of South Africa
Jaco Hoffman

PART V and VI: PRACTIONER PERSPECTIVES
21. Policy and Practitioner Responses to the Challenges of Population Ageing: Introduction
Jaco Hoffman

22. Sustaining the Nordic Welfare Model in the Face of Population Ageing
Virpi Timonen and Mikko Kautto

23. Kinship Solidarity in Southern Europe
Chiara Saraceno

24. Ageing and Social Policy in Australia
Jeni Warburton

25. The Pension System in China: An Overview
Taichang Chen

26. How Technology is Re-shaping the Processes of Providing Health Care for Ageing Populations
Robin Gauld

27. Ageing and Care Giving in America: the Immigrant Workforce
B. Lindsay Lowell

28. Canada’s Live-in Caregiver Programme
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and Jelena Atanackovic

PART VI: PRACTIONER PERSPECTIVES – POLICY INNOVATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY
29. Intergenerational Programmes and Policies in Aging Societies
Matthew Kaplan and Mariano Sánchez

30. Population Ageing and Private Sector Provision: the Case of Dependent Older Women in Latin America
Nélida Redondo

31. Demographic Change and the Role of Older People in the Voluntary Sector
Karsten Hank and Marcel Erlinghagen

32. The Third Sector as a Provider of Services for Older People
Ewa Leś

33. State-third Sector Partnership Frameworks: from Administration to Participation?
Ingo Bode

34. Microfinance, Cooperatives and Timebanks- Community Provided Welfare
Ed Collom

35. Faith-Based Organizations and the Provision of Care for Older People
Lori Carter-Edwards, James H. Johnson Jr., Allan M. Parnell and Harold G. Koenig

36. Lifelong Learning and Employers: Re-skilling Older Workers
John Field and Roy Canning

37. Retirement Planning and Financial Literacy
Annamaria Lusardi

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.02.2016
Reihe/Serie	Handbooks of Research on Public Policy series
Co-Autor	Sarah Harper, Kate Hamblin, Jaco Hoffman, Kenneth Howse, George Leeson
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-78347-426-2 / 1783474262
ISBN-13	978-1-78347-426-4 / 9781783474264
Zustand	Neuware