1. The case for empowerment

   • Daniel Thursz

   Features—The Possibilities of Empowerment Pages: 1 - 2

2. Personal empowerment

   • Jane E. Myers

   Features—The Possibilities of Empowerment Pages: 3 - 8

3. Facing a short future

   • Celia Ruiz

   Features—The Possibilities of Empowerment Pages: 5 - 5

4. The emergence of seniors’ organizations: An international perspective

   • Henry J. Pratt

   Features—The Possibilities of Empowerment Pages: 9 - 12

5. Danes organize for the 21st century

   • Bjarne Hastrup

   Features—The Possibilities of Empowerment Pages: 13 - 14

6. Older Pakistanis lobby for better lives

   • S. M. Zaki

   Features—The Possibilities of Empowerment Pages: 15 - 16

7. Organizing older people in a Mexican community

   • Celia Ruiz

   Features—The Possibilities of Empowerment Pages: 17 - 19

8. Living old age with dignity in India

   • D. R. Kohli

   Features—The Possibilities of Empowerment Pages: 20 - 21

9. Tradition impedes empowerment in Japan

   • Takako Sodei

   Features—The Possibilities of Empowerment Pages: 22 - 26

10. Briefs

    Departments Pages: 27 - 31

11. Research as a tool for empowerment in South Africa

    • Valerie Møller

    Features—The Possibilities of Empowerment Pages: 32 - 36

12. Productive but not empowered in developing countries

    • Marvin A. Kaiser
    • Sandeep Chawla

    Features—The Possibilities of Empowerment Pages: 37 - 42

13. Commonwealth fund survey

    Departments Pages: 43 - 45

14. FIAPA survey

    Departments Pages: 46 - 47

15. New century, new hopes, new thinking about aging policies and programs

    • Charlotte Nusberg

    Departments Pages: 48 - 52

16. New publications

    Departments Pages: 53 - 55

17. International conference on nutrition: Where are the elderly?

    • Irene Hoskins

    Departments Pages: 56 - 57

18. International conference calendar

    Events Pages: co4 - 47