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Title Barometers of quality of life around the globe : how are we doing? / Valerie Møller, Denis Huschka, Alex C. Michalos editors
Published [Dordrecht] : Springer, [2008]
©2008

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Description xxii, 238 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Series Social indicators research series ; v. 33
Social indicators research series ; v. 33
Contents Introduction: An overview of the larger view / Alex C. Michalos -- European survey data: rich sources for quality of life research / Heinz-Herbert Noll -- Two decades of social weather reporting in the Philippines / Mahar Mangahas and Linda Luz B. Guerrero -- Monitoring democratic politics, a market economy, and citizen well-being: the South Korea barometer / Doh Chull Shin -- Measuring quality of life in Latin America: some insights from happiness economics and the Latinobarometro / Carol Graham -- Survey of living conditions in the Arctic (SLiCA) / Jack Kruse ... [et al.] -- Quality of life down-under: the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index / Robert A Cummins... [et al.] -- The material and political bases of lived poverty in Africa: insights from the Afrobarometer / Robert Mattes -- The AsiaBarometer: its aim, its scope and its development / Takashi Inoguchi and Seiji Fujii
Summary Social indicators inform citizens and governments alike on progress in society. The past decade has seen the birth of regional social barometers designed to monitor quality of life in all corners of the globe. Social scientists from different societal backgrounds have developed sets of indicators to guide policy in promoting citizen welfare and to monitor progress in achieving social goals. In many cases, this has been a team effort engaging policy makers and citizens. The contributions to this book span quality-of-life assessments on six continents ranging from the Arctic in the far north to
Analysis Quality-of-life studies
ISQUOLS
Quality-of-life studies
ISQUOLS
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Also available in print
Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Subject Social indicators -- Congresses.
Quality of life -- Congresses.
Quality of life -- Research.
Social indicators.
Genre/Form History.
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Møller, Valerie.
Huschka, Denis.
Michalos, Alex C.
International Society for Quality of Life Studies. Conference.
LC no. 2008932940
ISBN 9781402086854 hardback
1402086857 hardback
9781402086854 ebook