Includes bibliographical references and index.

Diversity of cultural background and well-being in the field of care and education -- Understanding aging well in culturally diverse Australian communities : the case of older men living in rural Victoria / Susan Feldman, Harriet Radermacher -- Social preferences : a discussion of social divisions and early childcare / Eva Gull�v -- Narrow social norms in an inclusive school : values, practices, and consequences of the Danish School / Laura Gilliam -- Development of a new public space for coexistence by emracing different cultures -- Living independently, living well : seniors living in housing and develoopment board studio apartments in Singapore / Leng Leng Thang -- Changes and continuity in the well-being of American elderly people and roles of senior centers / Mariko Fujita-Sano -- Open educational space : multi-strata class inclusion in Japan's Chinese schools / Tien-shi Chen -- Development of a life-care community as a "town" enriched with diverse ethnic cultures : focusing on the cooperation of people having Chinese and Japanese cultural backgrounds / Nanami Suzuki, Tilda Hui -- Reconsideration of the future of civil society that cherishes diverse lifestyles -- The question of civil society in a Scandinavian welfare state : focusing on older people in Sweden / Eva Jeppsson Grassman -- Lifestyle space for children in Scandinavia / Anne Trine Kj�rholt -- The values transmitted by lifelong education in Denmark : the conditions of social inclusion / Nanami Suzuki.