Social Policy in Ageing Societies

Britain and Germany Compared
2008
ISBN: 978-0-230-52098-1
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

This first comparative study of ageing and social policy in two major European countries is based on a unique set of joint analyses of the major policy areas affecting older people. These analyses reveal both differences and similarities in policy and practice and, in several fields, increasing convergence.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walker, A.

Naegele, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Major Policy Challenges of Ageing Societies: Britain and Germany Compared; A.Walker and G.Naegele

Pension Reform and the Socio-Economic Status of Older People; J.Ginn, U.Fachinger and W. Schmähl

Ageing and the Labour Market: A Comparison of Policy Approaches; F. Frerichs and P. Taylor

Silver Economy: Purchasing Power and the Quest for Quality of Life; W. Potratz, T. Gross and J. Hilbert

Gender and Ageing: The Role of Social Networks; I. Eyers and G. Backes

Minority Ethnic Elders in Germany and the UK; V. Gerling

The Changing Generational Contract Within and Outside the Family; M. Reichert and J. Phillips

Health Status and Health Policy; A. Pfaff

Long-Term Care in Germany and the UK; C. Glendenning and G. Igl

Societal and Political Participation; T.Maltby and C.Rohleder

Conclusion; G.Naegele and A.Walker

Über Autor(innen)

GERTRUD M BACKES is Professor/Director for Ageing and Society at Vechta University, Germany

INGRID EYERS is Lecturer of Health and Social Care in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey, UK

UWE FACHINGER is Professor of Economics and Demography at the Institute for Gerontology at University Vechta, Germany

FRERICH FRERICHS is Professor for Ageing and Work at the Institute of Gerontology, University of Vechta, Germany

VERA GERLING is a freelance social-gerontologist for GER-ON, Consult& Research in Dortmund, Germany

JAY GINN is Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey, UK

CAROLINE GLENDINNING is Professor of Social Policy and Assistant Director of the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York, UK

TOBIAS GROSS is Research Fellow at the European Policies Research Centre (EPRC), University of Strathclyde, UK

JOSEPG HILBERT is Privatdozent at the Medical Faculty of the Ruhr Bochum; Research Fellow at the Institute for Work and Technology University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen and head of research department 'Health Industries and Quality of Life'.

GERHARD IGL is Professor of Social Security Law at the University of Kiel, Germany and Director of the Institute of Social Security Law and Social Policy in Europe

TONY MALTBY is CROW Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce at the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales) based in Leicester, UK

GERHARD NAEGELE is a Professor of Social Gerontology and Direcor of the Institute of Gerontology at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany

JUDITH PHILLIPS is Professor of Gerontology and Social Work at Swansea University and director of the Older People and Ageing Research and Development Network (OPAN Cymru) in Wales, UK

WOLFGANG POTRATZ is Research Fellow at the Institute for Work and Technology, University of Applied Sciences, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

MONIKA REICHERT is Professor for Social Gerontology at the University of Dortmund, Germany

CHRISTIANE ROHLEDER is Professor of Sociology at the Kath, Germany

PHILIP TAYLOR is Professor of Employment Policy in the Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

WINFRIED SCHMÄHL was Professor of Economics and Director of the Department of Economics, Centre for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen, Germany until July 2007

ALAN WALKER is Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology at the University of Sheffield, UK. He currently directs the UK New Dynamics of Ageing Programme and the European Research Area in Ageing