Ageing Through the Ages: From Past to Present and Future

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Ageing is a normal, inevitable and universal phenomenon, and is subjected to the law of natural progress. Now the phenomenon of ageing has assumed increasing importance due to the changes in the age structure reflected in the growing life expectancy. The change of population from high to low fertility and mortality rates as reflected in demographic transition has created a global trend towards an increasing proportion of older people, thus contributing a larger size of the older people to the society. Countries indeed differ by variations in terms of their demographic transition, and thus concomitantly in terms of their population ageing. Although increases in older populations have become a phenomenal characteristic of developed countries for over a century, in recent times there have been tremendous increases in such populations witnessed by the developing countries as well. Among all developing countries, India figures prominently in the map of ageing. The sharp decline in mortality since 1950 and a steady recent decline in fertility have immensely contributed to the process of population ageing in India. The magnitude of the problem of ageing and its manifestations are not the same everywhere. The present publication is in the form of the conference proceeding and hence an outcome of the papers presented in the interdisciplinary international conference on "Ageing" by the scholars from varied academic fields from across the country and abroad. The main objective of the conference was to examine and understand the current trends of population ageing, its issues and challenges, and the role of various governments, communities, voluntary and welfare organizations including the NGOs towards resolving the problems of the elderly across the world. The papers contained in this proceeding largely focus on the above objectives of the conference.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.K. Swain

B.K. Swain is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur. He obtained his Master’s degree, M. Phil and Ph.D. in Sociology from the Department of Sociology, Nagpur University, in 1984, 1985 and 1994, respectively. He has 27 years of teaching and 20 years of research experience in Sociology. The core areas of his interest include sociological theories, change and mobility, women’s studies, sociology of ageing, sociology of leisure and work. He has authored two books, one on “Changing Occupational Structure in Vidarbha, India”, published by Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, and the other on “Child Labour in India”, published by Dattsons, Nagpur. He has contributed several research papers to various research journals in India.

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Title
Ageing Through the Ages: From Past to Present and Future
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
8171921205, 9788171921201
Length
viii+420p., 24cm.
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