标题:Susan McDaniel and Zachary Zimmer (eds) (2013). Global Ageing in the 21st Century. Challenges, Opportunities and Implications. Farnham, UK & Burlington, USA: Ashgate, 324 pp. ISBN 978 1 4094 32708 (hardback)
期刊名称:International Journal of Ageing and Later Life
印刷版ISSN:1652-8670
出版年度:2013
卷号:8
期号:2
页码:73-76
出版社:Linkoping University Electronic Press
摘要:The ageing of the world’s population is no longer a phenomenon restrictedto wealthy or developed nations, but is evident in all continents, includingAfrica and all regions, including the Middle East. Clearly the time hascome for us to take stock of the demographic transition at the global levelto understand what population ageing on this unprecedented scale willmean for society, the economy, policy and the countless other things thatare likely to be affected. This volume boldly confronts the issue, with someregard for the many who have gone before, but also with a refreshingenergy that suggests that in the 21st century and with the benefit of someexperience, perhaps we can see the shape of things to come more clearly