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.)

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.

Table of Contents

• 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