Understanding Old Age

• An Ageing WorldAgeing Across CulturesRising TidesDemography and Old AgeOlder People as Political ActorsGlobalisation, Structural Adjustment and AgeingGlobalization, Migration and AgeingMaterial Resources in Later LifeHealth and Illness in Later LifeFamily and Community in Later LifeServices for EldersInstitutional Living in Later LifeAgeing in Context

`[A] welcome addition to the field of gerontology… An important contribution of the book is the positive light it casts on the issue of population ageing, …the main contribution of this book is its critical examination of common perceptions of ageing societies′ - Age Concern Institute of Gerontology