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Ageing in East Asia : challenges and policies for the twenty-first century /

by Fu, Tsung-hsi; Hughes, Rhidian.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Comparative development and policy in Asia series.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009Description: xvi, 184 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415669818.Subject(s): Population aging -- East Asia | Older people -- Services for -- Government policy -- East Asia | East Asia -- Social policy
Contents:
Foreword / Michael Hill -- Introduction : challenges to population ageing in East Asia / Tsung-hsi Fu and Rhidian Hughes -- Perspectives on ageing in East Asia : the embeddedness of institutions / Shih-jiunn Shi and Yeun-wen Ku -- Older people's income security in China : the challenges of population ageing / Hsiao-hung Nancy Chen and Tsung-hsi Fu -- Ageing in Japan : family changes and policy developments / Michihiko Tokoro -- Old-age security in Korea : the strengthened role of the state? / Gyu-jin Hwang -- Population ageing and social policy in Taiwan / Tsung-hsi Fu and Pau-ching Lu -- Retirement income protection in Hong Kong / Kee-lee Chou -- Ageing in Singapore : policy challenges and innovations / Angelique Chan -- Ageing in Malaysia : progress and prospects / Fon Sim Ong, David R. Phillips and Tengku Aizan Hamid -- Ageing in Thailand : challenges and policy responses / Nongluck Pussay Apibul, Samrit Srithamrongsawat and Kanitta Bundhamcharoen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Michael Hill -- Introduction : challenges to population ageing in East Asia / Tsung-hsi Fu and Rhidian Hughes -- Perspectives on ageing in East Asia : the embeddedness of institutions / Shih-jiunn Shi and Yeun-wen Ku -- Older people's income security in China : the challenges of population ageing / Hsiao-hung Nancy Chen and Tsung-hsi Fu -- Ageing in Japan : family changes and policy developments / Michihiko Tokoro -- Old-age security in Korea : the strengthened role of the state? / Gyu-jin Hwang -- Population ageing and social policy in Taiwan / Tsung-hsi Fu and Pau-ching Lu -- Retirement income protection in Hong Kong / Kee-lee Chou -- Ageing in Singapore : policy challenges and innovations / Angelique Chan -- Ageing in Malaysia : progress and prospects / Fon Sim Ong, David R. Phillips and Tengku Aizan Hamid -- Ageing in Thailand : challenges and policy responses / Nongluck Pussay Apibul, Samrit Srithamrongsawat and Kanitta Bundhamcharoen.

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