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Author: Sarah Harper (Professor of Gerontology, Oxford University and Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.50cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.370kg
ISBN: 9780198784098
ISBN 10: 0198784090
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 28 July 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Sarah Harper provides a fascinating graphically illustrated and well researched summary of current demographic trends. * Jonathan Cowie, Concatenation * Global Change is a major concern of the Martin Institute, and this book is a solid contribution in that area. It presents a comprehensive and balanced treatment of global demography ... The text is [...] enlivened by brief narratives on the life experiences and aspirations of young persons in the various regions. * L. MacK, Population and Development Review * ... provides a powerful reminder that debates over immigrations, social welfare, and inequality will intensify in the decades ahead. * Foreign Affairs * An excellent, succinct guide. * Robert Mayhew, Literary Review *
a reliable and intelligent guide Robert Mayhew, Literary Review an excellent, succinct guide Robert Mayhew, Literary Review Sarah Harper provides a fascinating graphically illustrated and well researched summary of current demographic trends Jonathan Cowie, Concatenation
An excellent, succinct guide. * Robert Mayhew, Literary Review * ... provides a powerful reminder that debates over immigrations, social welfare, and inequality will intensify in the decades ahead. * Foreign Affairs * Global Change is a major concern of the Martin Institute, and this book is a solid contribution in that area. It presents a comprehensive and balanced treatment of global demography ... The text is [...] enlivened by brief narratives on the life experiences and aspirations of young persons in the various regions. * L. MacK, Population and Development Review * Sarah Harper provides a fascinating graphically illustrated and well researched summary of current demographic trends. * Jonathan Cowie, Concatenation *
a reliable and intelligent guide Robert Mayhew, Literary Review an excellent, succinct guide Robert Mayhew, Literary Review
Author Information
Sarah Harper (MA (Cantab.) Cambridge; DPhil (Oxon) Oxford) is Professor of Gerontology at Oxford University and Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing, a multi-disciplinary research unit concerned with the implications of population ageing, and director of the Clore Programme on Population-Environment Change. Her research concerns globalization and global ageing, and the impact of population change, in particular the implications at the global, societal and individual level of the age-structural shift from predominantly young to predominantly older societies. She has authored, edited and contributed to several books, including Families in Ageing Societies (Editor, OUP, 2004), Ageing Societies: Myths, Challenges, and Opportunities (Hodder Arnold, 2005) and Is the Planet Full? (Contributer, OUP, 2014). She is also the editor of the Journal of Population Ageing (Springer).
