Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Ageing OECD Societies
-Fewer Children
-Living Longer
-Changing Age Structures
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2. Global Challenges
-Our Crowded Planet
-International Divides of Affluence and Poverty
-Populations on the Move
-Global Environmental Challenges
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3. Towards a New Economic Landscape
-The Global Economy
-Knowledge-Intensive Service Economies
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4. The Changing World of Work and Jobs
-Lives Less Dominated by Work?
-Less Securely Attached to the Labour Market?
-Women at Work
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5. The Learning Society
-Educational Attainment
-Rising Investments in Education
-Global Educational Patterns - Inequalities and Student Flows
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6. ICT: The Next Generation
-The Digital Revolution
-Rising Investments in Education
-Global Educational Patterns - Inequalities and Student Flows
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7. Citizenship and the State
-Changing Forms of Political Participation
-The Role of the Welfare State - Smaller Government?
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8. Social Connections and Values
-Living in More Diverse Families
-Less Social Interaction?
-Evolving Values
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9. Sustainable Affluence?
-Growing Affluence, Growing Energy Consumption
-Inequality on the Rise
-Lifestyles with Health Risks
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