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The University of the Third Age and Active Ageing: European and Asian-Pacific Perspectives

The University of the Third Age and Active Ageing: European and Asian-Pacific Perspectives

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Series: International Perspectives on Aging, Book 23

Aging & Elder CareGeneral EducationGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 3030215172
ISBN13: 9783030215170
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Aug 14 2020
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This comparative resource charts the interface between the University of the Third Age (U3A) movement and active ageing, and in doing so, offers a comprehensive and thorough understanding of what U3A means in different geographical and sociocultural contexts. After first providing introductory chapters to introduce the U3A movement and active ageing in global perspective and tracing the origins of U3As in France, the book sets off charting the international development of U3As in both European and Asian-Pacific contexts. Deliberately, the book moves away from the dominant Anglo-centric US- and UK-rooted analyses of U3As to account for contexts of different political ideology, sociocultural values, geography, and degrees of urbanisation and industrialisation. Lastly, it thematises foreseeable issues, concerns, and predicaments that the global U3A movement faces while meeting the challenges and seizing the opportunities presented by active ageing.

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