Assessing Quality of Life and Living Conditions to Guide National Policy The State of the Art /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hagerty, Michael R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Vogel, Joachim (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Møller, Valerie (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Σειρά: Social Indicators Research Series, 11
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Political science.; Medical research.; Sociology.; Quality of life.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Quality of Life Research.; Political Science.

Our book is a useful "how to" book for researchers and government offices wanting to start or improve their own QOL survey, and contains "best practices" from all over the world. We discuss cutting-edge surveys that are being adopted by all countries in the European community as...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Concepts and Theory
• Conceptualizing and Measuring Quality of Life for National Policy
• Why Social Policy Needs Subjective Indicators
• Towards a European System of Social Indicators: Theoretical Framework and System Architecture
• Current Social Indicator and Social Reporting Programs: National and Comparative Experience
• Strategies and Traditions in Swedish Social Reporting: A 30-Year Experience
• Quality of Life and Living Conditions in the Netherlands
• “Quality of Life” Research at the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics: Social Indicators and Social Surveys
• Quality of Life in a European Perspective: The EUROMODULE as a New Instrument for Comparative Welfare Research
• The Norbalt Project: Comparative Studies of Living Conditions in the Three Baltic Countries
• Living Conditions in the Arctic
• Cross-National Comparison of the Quality of Life in Europe: Inventory of Surveys and Methods
• Applying Social Indicators to Effect Social Change
• Telesis: The Uses of Indicators to Set Goals and Develop Programs to Change Conditions
• The Role of Quality of Life Surveys in Managing Change in Democratic Transitions: The South African Case
• Monitoring the Impact of Land Reform on Quality of Life: A South African Case Study
• Toward a Social Development Index for Hong Kong: The Process of Community Engagement
• International Comparisons of Trends in Economic Well-Being
• Declining Quality of Life Costs Governments Elections: Review of 13 OECD Countries
• Considering Social Cohesion in Quality of Life Assessments: Concept and Measurement
• Do Income Surveys Overestimate Poverty in Western Europe? Evidence from a Comparison with Institutional Frameworks.