Policy Convergence Across an Ageing Society on the Global Stage
‘Now that the various issues surrounding an ageing society are widely recognised on the global stage, there will be more policy convergence across countries. Discuss.’
Introduction
The title of this essay, ‘Now that the various issues surrounding an ageing society are widely recognised on the global stage, there will be more policy convergence across countries’, poses several questions to be explored and answered. It questions the issues surrounding an ageing population, and sets the stage for a comprehensive and complete analysis of these problems. The second part of this question requires an in-depth analysis of the policies in place to deal with an ageing population in a comparative format.
To answer this complex and multi-layered question, this essay examine the extent of the phenomenon of an ageing society on a global scale, to set the tone and allow you to truly understand the scale of this issue worldwide. After the scale of the problem has ben realized, this essay will then go on to examine the two main problems faced by a government with an ageing population: financial assistance such as pensions and access to healthcare. This will be followed by the comparisons of policies in place by Norway and Greece, to allow a complete comparative analysis of policy. This essay will then examine the Madrid response to ageing societies, and this will display that policy convergence is indeed happening across countries on a large and global scale. At the end of this essay, a conclusion will be followed by a list of all references used to research this article.
The extent of the phenomenon of the ‘ageing society’ worldwide When the term ‘ageing society’ is mentioned, it could be derived that the first thing to spring to mind would be the elderly living in a society being cared for in nursing homes. For the purposes of this essay, ten different people were asked the question, ‘what do you think of when you hear the term ageing society?’ and this was the
Introduction
The title of this essay, ‘Now that the various issues surrounding an ageing society are widely recognised on the global stage, there will be more policy convergence across countries’, poses several questions to be explored and answered. It questions the issues surrounding an ageing population, and sets the stage for a comprehensive and complete analysis of these problems. The second part of this question requires an in-depth analysis of the policies in place to deal with an ageing population in a comparative format.
To answer this complex and multi-layered question, this essay examine the extent of the phenomenon of an ageing society on a global scale, to set the tone and allow you to truly understand the scale of this issue worldwide. After the scale of the problem has ben realized, this essay will then go on to examine the two main problems faced by a government with an ageing population: financial assistance such as pensions and access to healthcare. This will be followed by the comparisons of policies in place by Norway and Greece, to allow a complete comparative analysis of policy. This essay will then examine the Madrid response to ageing societies, and this will display that policy convergence is indeed happening across countries on a large and global scale. At the end of this essay, a conclusion will be followed by a list of all references used to research this article.
The extent of the phenomenon of the ‘ageing society’ worldwide When the term ‘ageing society’ is mentioned, it could be derived that the first thing to spring to mind would be the elderly living in a society being cared for in nursing homes. For the purposes of this essay, ten different people were asked the question, ‘what do you think of when you hear the term ageing society?’ and this was the
References: United Nations Population Fund (2012) Ageing in the Twenty-First Century: A celebration and a challenge. http://www.unfpa.org/public/op/edit/home/publications/pid/11584 Ervik, R., The Battle of Future Pensions (2008) SAGE Publications World Health Organization (2002) Active Ageing: A policy Framework. Geneva. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2002/WHO_NMH_NPH_02.8.pdf