5059 -- JONG, WILLEMIJN DE ET AL. (Eds.)
Ageing in insecurity. Case studies on social security and gender in India and Burkina Faso/Vieillir dans l´insécurité. Sécurité sociale et genre en Inde et au Burkina Faso. Etudes de cas
(Schweizerische Afrikastudien 5)
Münster: Lit Verlag 2005
394 pp., Euro 29.90; ISBN 3-8258-7846-5
The papers of this volume appear both in English and French.
##The ethnographic case studies conducted in rural and urban India and Burkina Faso show that large parts of the poor population are ageing in insecurity. Not only public support is insufficient, but family support is also limited and thus a delicate matter. The issue of gender is a special focus of interest. The book contributes to the expanding field of social security studies in the social sciences which try to give answers to crucial issues in today´s societies.##
- JONG, WILLEMIJN DE: A comprehensive perspective on social (in-) security
- JONG, WILLEMIJN DE: Kerala as a model? Context of the case studies in India
- JONG, WILLEMIJN DE: On the verge of insecurity: The poor elderly in urban Kerala
- BHAGYANATH, SEEMA: Limited social security of the poor elderly in rural Kerala
- ROTH, CLAUDIA: Burkina Faso: A donor darling? Context of the case studies
- ROTH, CLAUDIA: Threatening dependency: Limits of social security, old age and gender in urban Burkina Faso
- BADINI-KINDA, FATOUMATA: The gap between ideas and practices: Elderly social insecurity in rural Burkina Faso
- ROTH, CLAUDIA & WILLEMIJN DE JONG: Ageing in insecurity - Differences and similarities
Keywords: ageing, social security and age, elderly poor, poverty and age, insecurity and age
