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Ageing Society and Development

2018/2019
Учебный год
ENG
Обучение ведется на английском языке
4
Кредиты
Статус:
Курс по выбору
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is devoted to the peculiarities of the aging in different developed and developing societies as well as the causes and consequences for this worldwide phenomenon. The aim of the course is the development of students' knowledge of the major sociological and economic scientific approaches to the analysis of development in ageing societies. The course pays special attention to the linkage between the types of society and models of its development and instruments of social policies focusing on the further development of the country. In general, student receives a wide range of knowledge about ageing and its impact on social and economic development.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • to development of students' knowledge of the major sociological and economic scientific approaches to the analysis of development in ageing societies.
  • to receive a wide range of knowledge about ageing and its impact on social and economic development
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • to be able to work with the information: find, assess and use information (from different sources) that is needed for solving scientific and professional problems in the ageing
  • to be able to critically comprehended, synthesize, analyze in-formation concerning different aspects of the ageing process
  • to be able to analyze socially significant problems from the economic point of view and using the economic instruments
  • to be able to calculate standard indexes with the use of information and communication technologies, and taking into account the main information security requirements
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Worldwide Ageing process
    - Worldwide population ageing trends. - Biology of ageing - Lifelong participation
  • Social and psychological aspects of ageing.
    1. Psychological development in older age. Losses and gains of the old age. Life-course approach. 2. Changes in social context and coping with them in older age. Changing of family relations and networks. Strategies of work and retirement in older age. 3. Age discrimination and ageism. Stereotypes, expectations and perceptions of older age.
  • Economic aspects of ageing
    1. Labour markets of the ageing societies. 2. Economic behavior (consumption, savings, investments including human capital investments) and it correlation with perspectives of ageing societies.
  • Active ageing
    1. Index of active ageing. 2. Active ageing and social policy
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Essay
  • non-blocking Exam
  • non-blocking Activity
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • Interim assessment (2 module)
    0.2 * Activity + 0.35 * Essay + 0.45 * Exam
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Chan, R. K. H., Zinn, J., & Wang, L.-R. (2014). Social Issues and Policies in Asia : Family, Ageing and Work. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=805823
  • Kunkel, S., Chahal, J., Whittington, F. J., & Brown, J. S. (2014). Global Aging : Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course. New York: Springer Publishing Company. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=692343

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Austen, S. (2016). Gender Issues in an Ageing Society. Australian Economic Review, 49(4), 494–502. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12188
  • Feller, I., Center for Studies of Behavior and Development (U.S.), & Stern, P. C. (2007). A Strategy for Assessing Science : Behavioral and Social Research on Aging. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=191086