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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “kathrin komp”
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  • Population Ageing from a Lifecourse Perspective

    Critical and International Approaches

    Edited by Kathrin Komp, Stina Johansson ...
    Series series Ageing and the Lifecourse
    Populations around the globe are ageing rapidly. This demographic shift affects families, market structures and social provisions. This timely volume, part of the Ageing and the Lifecourse series, argues that the lifecourse perspective helps us understand the causes and effects of population ageing. The lifecourse perspective suggests that individuals’ experiences at an early age can influence ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Old Age In Europe

    A Textbook of Gerontology

    Edited by Kathrin Komp, Marja Aartsen ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world and its population is still ageing. This demographic shift affects society, economy, and welfare states. Scholars from various disciplines and the public noted this development and wonder what effects it may have, but lack adequate information. They call for explanations that are concise and easily accessible. The book at hand fills this lacuna ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

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  • Rural Aging in 21st Century America

    by J. V. Oh Edmund ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book investigates sociological, demographic and geographic aspects of aging in rural and nonmetropolitan areas of the United States. Population aging is one of the most important trends of the 20th and 21st centuries, and it is occurring worldwide, especially in more developed countries such as the United States. Population aging is more rapid in rural than urban areas of the U.S. In 2010, 15 ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Aging in Hong Kong

    A Comparative Perspective

    Edited by Jean Woo ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    With the longest life expectancy for men and the second longest for women, Hong Kong typifies our planet’s aging population. The daily lives of its older adults closely match the advantages and disadvantages experienced by urban elders in other developed countries. For these reasons, Hong Kong’s elderly serve as a salient guide to older people’s social, psychological, and healthcare needs—concerns ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Inverse Projection Techniques

    Old and New Approaches

    Edited by Elisabetta Barbi, Salvatore Bertino, Eugenio Sonnino ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Inverse Projection is a method for estimating accurate demographic indicators of a population where vital registration data are available, but population censuses are lacking or unreliable. The book offers an overview of the present state of methodological development in the field of inverse projection techniques. In the various chapters of the book, leading experts in demography and related ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Demography and Epidemiology of Human Health and Aging

    by Jacob S. Siegel, S. Jay Olshansky ...
    With this book, Siegel, an internationally known demographer and gerontologist, has made a unique contribution to the fledgling fields of health demography, and the demography and epidemiology of aging. The book represents a felicitous union of epidemiology, gerontology, and demography, and appears to be the first and only comprehensive text on this subject now available. Drawing on a wide range ... Read more

    $287.09 USD

  • Challenges of Aging

    Pensions, Retirement and Generational Justice

    Edited by C. Torp ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Population ageing is among the most important developments of our time. This book explores the profound challenges faced by an aging world. Leading experts from diverse disciplines describe the fundamental impact demographic aging has on pension systems, on the concepts of retirement and old age, and on the balance of generational justice. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Demography of Europe

    Edited by Gerda Neyer, Gunnar Andersson, Hill Kulu, Laura Bernardi, Christoph Bühler ...
    Over the past decades Europe has witnessed fundamental changes of its population dynamics and population structure. Fertility has fallen below replacement level in almost all European countries, while childbearing behavior and family formation have become more diverse. Life expectancy has increased in Western Europe for both females and males, but has been declining for men in some Eastern ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas

    Edited by Kyriakos S. Markides, Jacqueline L. Angel, Fernando M. Torres-Gil, William A. Vega ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines one of the most important demographic changes facing the United States: an overall aging population and the increasing influence of Latinos. It also looks at the changing demographics in Mexico and its impact on the health and financial well-being of aging Mexicans and Mexican Americans. The book provides a conceptual and accessible framework that will educate and inform readers ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • This Chair Rocks

    A Manifesto Against Ageism

    by Ashton Applewhite ...
    Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age.In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that will retain their ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Ageism and Mistreatment of Older Workers

    Current Reality, Future Solutions

    Edited by Patricia Brownell, James J. Kelly ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book promotes an understanding of ageism, discrimination and mistreatment of older adult workers, incorporating an international human rights perspective. The impact of ageism on the mistreatment of older adult workers has not to date been examined in depth through the lens of international human rights instruments, nor has discrimination against older adults in the workplace been framed as a ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Aging Our Way

    Lessons for Living from 85 and Beyond

    by Meika Loe ...
    In 1998, Hallmark unveiled their new "One-Hundredth-Birthday" cards, and by 2007 annual sales were at 85,000. America is rapidly graying: between now and 2030, the number of people in the U.S. over the age of 80 is expected to almost triple. But how long people live raises the question of how well they live. Aging Our Way follows the everyday lives of 30 elders (ages 85-102) living at home and ... Read more

    $36.89 USD