Globalne procesy starzenia się. Implikacje dla społeczeństw i gospodarek

• Authors: Bogumiła Szopa , Ewa Ślęzak

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Global ageing. Implications for societies and economies

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

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In this paper phenomena related to ageing and ageing of societies is presented. It is worth to note that ageing is becoming a hot topic on the agenda of various national and international bodies. Thus before it is taken further the theoretical aspects of global ageing based on the available sociological theory are scrutinised. Furthermore, the analysed phenomena are shown in a historical and future perspective. Finally the paper closes with conclusions set as the implications of global ageing to societies and economies.

Keywords

PL

starzenie się; starość

EN

ageing; old age

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
• Journal: Przegląd Zachodniopomorski
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 3/2
• Pages: 277-290

Contributors

author

Bogumiła Szopa

author

Ewa Ślęzak

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