The Asia-Pacific region has not only the greatest concentration of population but is, arguably, the future economic centre of the world. Epidemiological transition in the region is occurring much faster than it did in the West and many countries face the emerging problem of chronic diseases at the s
Ageing in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Policies and Future Trends (Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies, Volume 2)
β Scribed by David Phillips
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 401
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
In recent years, the slogan "women's rights are human rights" has become a central claim of the of the global women's movement. Human Rights and Gender Politics: Asia-Pacific Perspectives examines the critical issues raised by this embracing and expansion of the human rights discourse by feminists w
This book analyses the role of employment relations in the context of economic development in some of the key Asian economies: China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, the Phillipines, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. In recent years, these Asian economies have become increasingly more open and export-d
<div>The potential dichotomy between individual security and governance on a wider scale is nowhere more sharply in evidence than in the diverse political countries of the Asia-Pacific region. This timely volume examines the economic divergences within the region, the old-style communist dictatorshi
This bookΒ assesses the impact of globalization on the education systems of key East Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, and the "tiger economies" of South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore,Β examining how the increasingly interdependent economic system has driven policy change and education
Social Policy in East and South East Asia provides the first systematic comparison of the policy sectors of income maintenance, health, housing and education in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. It focuses particularly on the provision and financing arrangements of these four Asian newly