Product Description: China, which is fast on its way to becoming the most powerful economic force in the world, has four unique characteristics that distinguish it from other countries in Asia: (1) The proportion of aging population is growing faster than that of Japan (the country previously recognized as having the fastest rate) and much faster than nations in western Europe...read more

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Product Description: Book by CHEN SHEYING

Product Description: Based on the belief that research can and should be master by students at various levels, this text offer a generalized approach to research that helps build basic and advanced skills. In order to accomplish his goal of avoiding "research phobia," Professor Chen organizes behavioral and social acience research methods in a manner relevant to students and explains these methods in plain language...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Unsatisfied with the way theoretical ideas have been represented in psychosocial research, this book aims to advance the art of research by providing a conceptual scheme to guide analysis, and to articulate some theoretical and practical approaches to unidimensionalization to improve measurement...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A study of community care and social policy that compares the Western and Chinese experiences. The book begins with a theoretical analysis of Western community care and a review of Western welfare models.