Aging and the Aged in the Third World: Part I. Studies in Third World Societies. Publication Number Twenty-Two.

Autor/in	und weitere
Sonst. Personen	Sutlive, Vinson H. (Hrsg.)
Institution	College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. Dept. of Anthropology.
Titel	Aging and the Aged in the Third World: Part I. Studies in Third World Societies. Publication Number Twenty-Two.
Quelle	(1982), (177 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Age Discrimination; Aging (Individuals); Case Studies; Cultural Influences; Demography; Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Gerontology; Global Approach; Industrialization; Migration Patterns; Modernization; Older Adults; Parent Child Relationship; Population Trends; Poverty; Socioeconomic Influences; World Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aging; Altern; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Demografie; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Gerontologie; Globales Denken; Industrialisation; Industrialisierung; Modernisierung; Älterer Erwachsener; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Bevölkerungsprognose; Armut; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Weltproblem
Abstract	Problems regarding the aged in developing nations are examined. The aging of populations is now a global phenomenon, with crucial implications for the developing as well as the developed nations. Six articles are presented: "Introduction, Perspectives on Aging in the Third World" (Jay Sokolovsky), "What Can the Industrial World Teach the Third World about Aging?" (Marea Teski), "Decrepitude and Death-Hastening: The Nature of Old Age in Third World Societies" (Anthony P. Glascock), "The Motive for Gerontocide" (Robert J. Maxwell, Philip Silverman, and Eleanor K. Maxwell), "Increase of Elderly Poor in Developing Nations--The Implications of Dependency Theory and Modernization Theory for the Aging of World Population" (Masako Osako), and "Toward a Comparative Perspective on Filial Response to Aging Populations" (Robert L. Rubinstein and Pauline T. Johnsen). Notes on the contributors are provided. (RM)
Anmerkungen	Studies in Third World Societies, Department of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185 ($5.00, students; $6.00, teachers).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC