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This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in economics, health economics and the economics of ageing, but also policy makers, students, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences and social care. This volume discusses the fiscal implications of ageing, health economics and long-term care. Fiscal policy issues include generational accounting and national transfer accounts, the relationship between ageing, public expenditure a...
Este volumen muestra algunos de los hallazgos en el tema a partir de ejercicios de investigación y vinculación con población adulta mayor, que pretenden hacer visibles el proceso del envejecimiento en las grandes ciudades y en sectores en pobreza; los desafíos que implica el cuidado de las personas en vejez y la problemática de la salud en esta etapa de la vida. Con el propósito de exponer su complejidad, se cuestionó a los adultos mayores acerca de cuál es su propia concepción de la vejez, cómo son las relaciones familiares y sus redes de apoyo y cómo se vive en su entorno urbano. El libro también se concentra en caracterizar el envejecimiento a partir de sus aspectos sociodemográficos y mediante debates desde la Óptica de distintas disciplinas, así como en mostrar sus realidades en la salud y la relevancia de generar hábitos saludables para una vejez activa.
En este libro se profundiza en los hallazgos de una investigación que recurrió a estudios de caso desplegados en escenarios nacionales e internacionales, específicamente en México, Uruguay y España. En sus diez capítulos, se examina la situación de las personas mayores y sus demandas de cuidado, las diversas exigencias al cuidar de los otros y los códigos culturales que involucran esta función. Propone, por tanto, un diálogo sobre la inminente necesidad de generar cambios sobre las formas de pensar, sentir y actuar respecto al proceso del envejecimiento y la vejez. (ITESO), (ITESO, Universidad)
The Philosophy of King Solomon explores Solomon's wisdom, the folly of man's ways, and the still-unfolding prophecy found in the rich book of Ecclesiastes.
Transitions from authoritarian to democratic governments can provide ripe scenarios for the emergence of new, insurgent political actors and causes. During peaceful transitions, such movements may become influential political players and gain representation for previously neglected interests and sectors of the population. But for this to happen, insurgent social movements need opportunities for mobilization, success, and survival. This book looks at Mexico'sZapatista movement, and why the movement was able to mobilize sympathy and support for the indigenous agenda inside and outside of the country, yet failed to achieve their goals vis-à-vis the Mexican state.
Who shapes the European Union's policy towards Latin America? How has this EU policy modified individual member states' relations with the region? This book provides a comparative account of seven member states' bilateral links with Latin America since 1945, in the context of their EU membership and based on the concept of 'Europeanization'. It illustrates how and why the main architects of this EU policy have been Spain and Germany. In contrast, Poland, Sweden and Ireland, which had little previous interaction with Latin America, have developed their current relations with that region virtually as a result of their EU membership. The United Kingdom and France lie in the middle: they have been influential in certain policy-areas and key periods in history, while they have adapted to what is done at the EU level in others. Practitioners, established academic experts as well emerging scholars in the field bring to be bear a novel combination of pioneering research and cutting edge conceptual analysis on this important but neglected area of the EU's foreign relations.
The nineteen essays presented here aim to illuminate the ways poetry and the poets are discussed by Plato throughout his writing career. As well as throwing new light on old topics, such as mimesis and poetic inspiration, the volume introduces fresh approaches to Plato’s philosophy of poetry and literature.
An essential guide to incorporating critical research into higher education scholarship. Winner of the Outstanding Publication Award of the Post-secondary Education Division of the American Educational Research Association Critical theory has much to teach us about higher education. By linking critical models, methods, and research tools with an advocacy-driven vision of the central challenges facing postsecondary researchers and staff, Critical Approaches to the Study of Higher Education makes a significant—and long overdue—contribution to the development of the field. The contributors argue that, far from being overly abstract, critical tools and methods are central to contemporary sch...