Book description
It is now common knowledge that the world is greying. The elderly are increasing in number, and the birthrate is declining. The trend is universal, but not all nations are greying at the same time or at the same pace. This unequal greying is setting in motion a new social dynamic, idenitified by the author as "grey dynamic". Slender families, the breakdown of marriages, children with no siblings or cousins, and vanishing multi-generational homes are all symptoms of the future grey world. The Ageing World is an exploration of this complex new world ahead. In this fast changing world, the long-living individuals will have to live effectively, and this effective living will become a social compulsion. The shrinking workforce won't have the strength to carry the burden of the elderly population--one and half billion by mid-century. The overall effect of the new demography will depend on what people make of their later life. This volume is an exploration of the burgeoning new world we all will face. Globalisation, already a reality, will be hastened by the new element of unequal greying.Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Prologue
- Introduction
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Part 1. The Ageing of Individuals and the Greying of the Population
- 1. Eat Less and Live Well
- 2. Where Have the Children Gone?
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3. Knowledge, Growth and Greying
- Patterns in the Greying World
- Western Nations
- China and India
- Sub-Saharan-Africa—Countries for which Geography was Destiny
- The Latinos
- India’s Parsi Community
- Starting the Battle all over Again
- Declining Birthrate is a Universal Trend
- World Greying, a Further Note
- Cultural Resistance
- A Final Observation
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4. The Aged in the Greying World
- Retirement
- The Retirement Culture
- The Attitude Towards the Elderly, and of the Elderly
- Family
- Multigenerational Homes
- A Note on Eastern Filial Responsibility
- Away From Parents, Strangers to Children, Unknown to Grandchildren
- Watering the Neighbour’s Lawn
- Dependence on Others
- Intergenerational Transfer of Wealth
- The Aged in the Ageing Society
- A Concluding Statement
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Part 2. Grey Dynamics
- 5. The Compulsions of the 21st Century
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6. Living with Strangers
- From an Open to a Closed World
- The Next Fifty Years
- Grey Dynamics
- Migration
- The Invasion of Bachelors
- Ethnic Considerations
- Cultural Barriers
- Assimilation
- What Happens When Immigrants Form a Formidable Group?
- Emigration as an Instrument of Policy
- Redefining the Problem
- The Importation of Foreign Culture
- An Interim Summary
- 7. The Age Divide
- 8. Changing Workplace, Changing Life
- 9. Europe Faces the Greying World
- 10. Young India Faces the Ageing World
- Part 3. Living a Long Life in the Grey World
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: The Ageing World
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2006
- Publisher(s): Pearson India
- ISBN: 9788131795255
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