Quality of Life and the Millennium Challenge Advances in Quality-of-Life Studies, Theory and Research /

The new millennium is widely considered to be the age of globalisation, democratisation, and human rights. We live in a knowledge society and in a time of risk and uncertainty. World society is rapidly urbanising and ageing and exhausting its natural resources. It is the interplay of such key trends...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Møller, Valerie (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Huschka, Denis (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
Σειρά:Social Indicators Research Series, 35
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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