"The Ageing Societies of Central andm Eastern Europe: Some Problems - Some Solutions" [Новость добавлена - 29.04.2009]

published by the Jagiellonian University Press, Krakow. The book is a collection of articles by authors from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, (East) Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and the UK - many of them EAST members - with a research interest in ageing societies in the region.

Dear colleagues,

I am delighted to inform you of the recent publication of a book Jolanta
Perek-Bialas and I jointly edited entitled "The Ageing Societies of Central and
Eastern Europe: Some Problems - Some Solutions", published by the Jagiellonian
University Press, Krakow. The book is a collection of articles by authors from
Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, (East) Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and the UK -
many of them EAST members - with a research interest in ageing societies in the
region.

The book is organised in three parts:

I. Societal and Demographic Ageing in Europe

- Marta Sugareva & Kamellia Lillova
Typology of the European countries by the level of demographic ageing and
demographic burden

- Laura Banks, Philip Haynes & Michael Hill
A comparative analysis of informal networks among older people in Eastern and
Western European states

- Justyna Stypinska
Sociological perspective on the European anti-discrimination legislation


II. Selected Issues of Societal Ageing in Central and Eastern Europe

- Mirosława Gazińska, Magdalena Mojsiewicz & Magdalena Kamińska
From research on mortality of the aged in Poland before and after transition

- Barbara Woźniak, Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk & Marek Kopacz
The relationship between religious practice and quality of life among those at
the threshold of older age

- Magdalena Kamińska
Changes of elderly consumers’ potential in ageing society of Poland

- Karel Schmeidler
Demographic change, urban transport and accessibility for elderly in the Czech
Republic


III. Social Policy Responses to Population Ageing in Central and Eastern Europe

- Bernadette Jonda
How do local politicians see the situation of older people in East and West Germany?

- Jerzy Krzyszkowski
Between Welfare State and Welfare Society. The Case of Home Care
Services for the Old People in Poland

- Bogusława Urbaniak
Age management - Polish experiences

- Piotr Obidziński
The problem of population aging and system of social securities –construction of
Demographic Reserve Fund

- Ksenija Ramov?, Jo?e Ramov? & Simona Hvalic Touzery
New programmes for quality ageing in Slovenia


Should you be interested in buying the book please contact the Jagiellonian
University Press at sekretariat@wuj.pl . Should you have any questions about the
book, please do not hesitate to contact Jola and me.


With our best wishes,

Jolanta Perek-Bialas & Andreas Hoff

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Dr Andreas Hoff
University of Oxford
Oxford Institute of Ageing
Tel: +44(0)1865 286190