The global challenge: aging populations, bio-medicine and China

In: Social perspectives of aging

Abstract

Intro -- THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE: AGING POPULATIONS, BIO-MEDICINE AND CHINA -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Taking Aim at Older People in Asia: Bio-Medicine -- WHERE DOES THE AMBIVALENCE TO AGING COME FROM? -- BIO-MEDICINE, FAMILY CARE, AND AGING: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHINA -- DECLINING TO DECLINE-ACTIVE AGING? -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3: The Relevance of Social Theories of Aging -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF THEORY IN SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY: THE RISE OF FUNCTIONALISM -- AGING, POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE POLITICS OF DISTRIBUTION -- SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF AGE AND GENDER -- AGING IN A POSTMODERN WORLD? -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 4: The "Silver Tsunami": From China to Global Aging -- INTRODUCTION -- AGING POPULATIONS IN THE AMERICAS -- AGING IN ASIA -- THE POPULATIONAL STRUCTURE OF EUROPE -- POPULATIONAL AGING IN AFRICA -- THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL AGING -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.