Selected Contemporary Challenges of Ageing Policy

Abstract: Among the scholars trying to grasp the nuances and trends of social policy, there are diverse perspectives, resulting not only from the extensive knowledge of the authors on the systematic approach to the issue of supporting older people but also from the grounds of the represented social gerontology schools. In the texts of Volume VII interesting are both distinct and coherent elements presenting the role of local, regional and global policies in the prism of the countries from which the authors originate: the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Italy, Turkey, and the United States. The chapters show a wealth of methodological approaches to the perception of social policy and its tools. In the texts there are issues related to the idea of active ageing, discrimination against older people in the workplace, comparability of solutions friendly to employment of older adults in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia as well as focused on the importance of

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9788394156879
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 258 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Kraków
• (when): 2017
• Creator: Klimczuk, Andrzej ; Tomczyk, Łukasz
• Contributor: Pedagogical University of Cracow, Department of Social Pedagogy and Andragogy

Further information

• DOI: 10.24917/9788380840911
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-56020-8
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:55 PM CET