Active ageing in Asia [electronic resource] / edited by Alan Walker and Christian Aspalter. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2015. - 1 online resource (ix, 202 p.) : ill. - Routledge studies in social welfare in Asia ; 3 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Christian Aspalter and Alan Walker -- 2. The concept of active ageing / Alan Walker -- 3. New perspectives for active ageing : the normative approach of developmental social policy / Christian Aspalter -- 4. Active ageing in South Korea / Sung-Jae Choi -- 5. Active ageing in Taiwan / Wan-I Lin -- 6. Active ageing in Hong Kong / Joe C.B. Leung -- 7. Active ageing in mainland China / Vivian W.Q. Lou -- 8. Active ageing in Malaysia / Sharifah Norazizan Syed Abdul Rashid -- 9. Active ageing in Singapore / Kalyani K. Mehta -- 10. Active ageing in Indonesia / Evi Nurvidya Arifin -- 11. Conclusion : the way forward for active ageing / Alan Walker and Christian Aspalter.

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Aging--Government policy--East Asia.
Aging--Social aspects--East Asia.