Assessing Quality of Life and Living Conditions to Guide (Social Indicators Research Series)

✍ Scribed by Michael R. Hagerty, Joachim Vogel, Valerie Moller

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 456
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This 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. It is a valuable resource for researchers, policy and for those wishing to effect changes in public policy.

✦ Table of Contents

Preliminaries......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 8
1. CONCEPTUALIZING AND MEASURING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR NATIONAL POLICY......Page 20
2. WHY SOCIAL POLICY NEEDS SUBJECTIVE INDICATORS......Page 40
3. TOWARDS A EUROPEAN SYSTEM OF SOCIAL INDICATORS: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE......Page 54
4. STRATEGIES AND TRADITIONS IN SWEDISH SOCIAL REPORTING: A 30 YEAR EXPERIENCE......Page 96
5. QUALITY OF LIFE AND LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS......Page 122
6.“QUALITY OF LIFE” RESEARCH AT THE ISRAEL CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS: SOCIAL INDICATORS AND SOCIAL SURVEYS......Page 148
7. QUALITY OF LIFE IN A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE: THE EUROMODULE AS A NEW INSTRUMENT FOR COMPARATIVE WELFARE RESEARCH......Page 170
8. THE NORBALT PROJECT: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE THREE BALTIC COUNTRIES......Page 184
9. LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE ARCTIC......Page 198
10. CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISON OF THE QUALITY OFLIFE IN EUROPE: INVENTORY OF SURVEYS AND METHODS......Page 224
11. TELESIS: THE USES OF INDICATORS TO SET GOALS AND DEVELOP PROGRAMS TO CHANGE CONDITIONS......Page 236
12. THE ROLE OF QUALITY OF LIFE SURVEYS IN MANAGING CHANGE IN DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS: THE SOUTH AFRICAN CASE......Page 274
13. MONITORING THE IMPACT OF LAND REFORM ON QUALITY OF LIFE: A SOUTH AFRICAN CASE STUDY......Page 300
14. TOWARD A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX FOR HONG KONG: THE PROCESS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT......Page 320
15. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF TRENDS IN ECONOMIC WELL-BEING......Page 356
16. DECLINING QUALITY OF LIFE COSTS GOVERNMENTS ELECTIONS: REVIEW OF 13 OECD COUNTRIES......Page 390
17. CONSIDERING SOCIAL COHESION IN QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENTS: CONCEPT AND MEASUREMENT......Page 410
18. DO INCOME SURVEYS OVERESTIMATE POVERTY IN WESTERN EUROPE? EVIDENCE FROM A COMPARISON WITH INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS......Page 436
INDEX......Page 448
Social Indicators Research Series......Page 456

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