Preface * Ageing, development and social protection -generalisations, myths and stereotypes--Peter Lloyd-Sherlock * Part 1: Development trajectories, social change and well-being in later life * Introduction * Long-term historical changes in the status of elders: Britain as an exemplar of advanced industrial economies--Paul Johnson * Social policy and the well-being of older people at a time of economic slowdown: The case of Brazil -- Ana Amlia Camarano Na Amelia Camarano * The impact of transition on older people in Ukraine: Looking to the future with hope--Vladislav V. Bezrukov and Natalia A. Foigt * Potential consequences of population ageing for social development in China--Du Peng and David R. Phillips * Part 2: Formal social protection and older people * Introduction * Comparing pension schemes in Chile, Singapore, Brazil, and South Africa--Armando Barrientos * Long-term care in Japan: An issue of social contract in welfare transfer or generational conflict?--Tetsuo Ogawa * Health policy and older people in Africa--Di McIntyre * Social health insurance for older people: A comparison of Argentina and the United States--Nelida Redondo * Part 3: Older people and the care economy * Introduction * Intergenerational family support and old age economic security in Ghana--Isabella Aboderin * Ageing in Mexico: Families, informal care and reciprocity--Cristina Gomes da Conceiçao and Veronica Montes de Oca Zavala * AIDS and older persons: The view from Thailand--John Knodel and Chanpen Aeng Tienchai * Care, dependency, and social justice: A challenge to conventional ideas of the social contract--Martha C. Nussbaum *