Ageing in the Mediterranean / / ed. by Joseph Troisi, Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Arun, Özgür,; Attias-Donfut, Claudine,; Barbabella, Francesco,; Chiatti, Carlos,; Courbage, Youssef,; Deriu, Fiorenza,; Ferrer, Amparo González,; Fuentes, Francisco Javier Moreno,; Gouiaa, Radhouane,; Greco, Cosetta,; Iecovich, Esther,; Kondratowitz, Hans-Joachim von,; Kronfol, Nabil,; Lamura, Giovanni,; Lopes, Alexandra,; Melchiorre, Maria Gabriella,; Mestheneos, Elizabeth,; Principi, Andrea,; Roit, Barbara Da,; Rosa, Mirko Di,; Santini, Sara,; Sibai, Abla Mehio,; Simonazzi, Annamaria,; Triantafillou, Judy,; Troisi, Joseph,; Viazzo, Pier Paolo,; von Kondratowitz, Hans-Joachim,
• HerausgeberIn: Troisi, Joseph,; von Kondratowitz, Hans-Joachim,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; List of tables and figures --; Preface: Working for future ageing societies: ambivalent realities in the Mediterranean region --; Notes on contributors --; The Mediterranean region: its social fabric --; Squaring the circle: demographic outlook and social development as determinants of ageing in the Mediterranean --; Demographic outlook of ageing in the Mediterranean, 1950–2050 --; An ageing population, institutional context and family values in Southern Europe --; Becoming conscious of the ‘whole Mediterranean’: old cleavages and recent developments --; Comparisons and diversity in employment, health and care: ageing in the Mediterranean --; Ageing and employment in the Mediterranean: old and new challenges --; The present and future health status of older people in the Mediterranean region --; The new risk of dependency in old age and (missed) employment opportunities: the Southern Europe model in a comparative perspective --; Migration, retirement and transnationalism in the Mediterranean region --; The future of demographic regimes in the Southern Mediterranean --; Mobilising care support: transnational dynamics in Mediterranean welfare societies --; New approaches to familism in the management of social policy for old age in Portugal --; Migrant care work for elderly households in Italy --; Caring for frail older people in Israel --; ‘Ageing in place’ in the Maltese islands --; Constraints and complexities in ageing societies of the Southern Mediterranean --; Ageing in Turkey: the Peter Pan syndrome? --; Ageing in Lebanon: evidence and challenges --; Ageing in Tunisia --; Conclusion and themes for further discussion --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781447301073; 9783111196213
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Joseph Troisi, Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz.

This important and timely volume brings together a distinguished set of international scholars who provide rich information about the social, economic, political, and historical factors responsible for shaping ageing policy in the Mediterranean region.