Smart Ageing in Urban China: Power, Markets and the Everyday Politics of Care
暫譯: 中國城市的智慧老齡化：權力、市場與日常照護政治
Yu, Yi
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商品描述
This book provides an in-depth study of community and home eldercare in modern China, examining its integration with urban community governance. Community eldercare, established through public-private partnerships, reveals a hybrid economy where state control and marketization coexist. By situating eldercare within the community, it becomes intertwined with population governance, particularly with the recent adoption of smart care technologies. As a result, community eldercare transforms into a semi-public space that combines elements of social, physical, and emotional homes for older adults. The book explores caregivers' work, framing it as bodily, dirty, and emotional labor. In the current trend of digitalization, caregivers are not only monitored by digital technologies but are also required to interact with these technologies in addition to providing direct care. Drawing on ethnographic analysis, this book is an invaluable resource for students and scholars in human geography, gerontology, and Asian studies, as well as for policymakers and practitioners in the rapidly expanding field of eldercare. It will also resonate with a broader audience interested in the global implications of population aging and the integration of technology in care systems.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本書深入研究了現代中國的社區與居家長期照護，探討其與城市社區治理的整合。社區長期照護透過公私合營的方式建立，顯示出一種國家控制與市場化共存的混合經濟。將長期照護置於社區之中，使其與人口治理緊密相連，特別是在最近採用智慧照護技術的背景下。因此，社區長期照護轉變為一個半公共空間，結合了社會、物理和情感上的老年人居所元素。本書探討了照護者的工作，將其框架定義為身體的、髒的和情感的勞動。在當前數位化的趨勢中，照護者不僅受到數位技術的監控，還需要與這些技術互動，除了提供直接的照護外。透過民族誌分析，本書對於人文地理學、老年學和亞洲研究的學生與學者，以及在快速擴展的長期照護領域中的政策制定者和實務工作者來說，都是一個寶貴的資源。它也將引起更廣泛的讀者對於人口老化的全球影響及技術在照護系統中整合的興趣。
作者簡介
Yi Yu is an Associate Professor in the School of Geographic Sciences at East China Normal University. Trained in cultural and political geography, she has spent more than a decade investigating how China's "silver economy" is reshaping everyday life, public policy and urban space. Her ethnographic and mixed-methods research shows how market reforms, health metrics and sensor-driven "smart" technologies together turn later-life care into a data-driven, investor-oriented industry, while simultaneously intensifying the emotional labour performed largely by migrant, feminised care workers.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
易宇是華東師範大學地理科學學院的副教授。她專攻文化與政治地理學，已經花了十多年時間研究中國的「銀髮經濟」如何重塑日常生活、公共政策和城市空間。她的民族誌和混合方法研究顯示，市場改革、健康指標和感測器驅動的「智慧」技術如何共同將晚年護理轉變為一個以數據為驅動、以投資者為導向的產業，同時加劇了主要由移民女性護理工作者所承擔的情感勞動。
