Barometers of Quality of Life Around the Globe
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(Sprache: Englisch)
In the past decade, regional social barometers have been designed to monitor and measure quality of life in all corners of the globe. This book presents quality-of-life assessments from six continents, ranging from the Arctic north to Australia.
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In the past decade, regional social barometers have been designed to monitor and measure quality of life in all corners of the globe. This book presents quality-of-life assessments from six continents, ranging from the Arctic north to Australia.
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Quality of life (QOL) research has made great strides since the social indicator movement started as a scientific enterprise in the 1960s. Following the lead of pioneers in North America and Europe, social scientists in other regions of the world have adopted and refined social data systems or barometers to monitor progress in enhancing the welfare and well-being of citizens. A distinctive feature of these barometers is that they measure both individual and societal quality of life. While not overlooking the more basic needs and material standards of living, the barometers also inform on issues of individual freedoms and choices and constraints on citizen empowerment that enhance and depress quality of life. Designed to capture nuances in local definitions of the good life, regional barometers are unique expressions of the obstacles facing different societies in their quest to achieve the good life. Scholars of public policy as well as policy makers will find inspiration fromreviews of innovative initiatives to monitor contemporary quality of life in six regions of the world spanning South America, the Arctic, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Barometers of Quality of Life Around the Globe “
Preface; Valerie Møller and Denis Huschka. Introduction: An Overview of the Larger View; Alex C. Michalos. 1. European Survey Data: Rich Sources for Quality of Life Research; Heinz-Herbert Noll. 2. Two decades of Social Weather Reporting in the Philippines; Mahar Mangahas and Linda Luz B. Guerrero. 3. Monitoring Democratic Politics, a Market Economy, and Citizin Well-being: the South-Korea Barometer; Doh Chull-Shin. 4. Measuring Quality of Life in Latin America: Some Insights from Happiness Economics and the Latinobarometro; Carol Graham. 5. Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic (SliCA); Jack Kruse, Birger Poppel, Larissa Abryutina, Gerard Duhaime, Stephanie Martin, Mariekathrine Poppel, Margaret Kruse, Ed Ward, Patricia Cochran, and Virgene Hanna. 6. Quality of Life Down-Under: the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index; Robert A. Cummins, David Mellor, Mark A. Stokes, and Anna A.L.D. Lau. 7. The Material and Political Bases of Lived Poverty: Insights from the Afrobarometer; Robert Mattes. 8. The AsiaBarometer: Its Aim, its Scope and its Development; Takashi Inoguchi and Seiji Fujii.
Autoren-Porträt
Valerie Møller is Professor of Quality of Life Studies in the Institute for Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. She has researched a wide range of quality of life issues in South Africa for public information and policy purposes, including housing, poverty and unemployment, development and service delivery, criminal victimisation and intergenerational relations. Together with colleagues she developed the first survey instruments in the 1980s to measure perceptions of personal well-being among South Africans - the study is regularly updated. More recently she successfully lobbied for the inclusion of a quality of life module in Statistics South Africa's annual household survey which produces the bulk of national social indicators.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2008, 238 Seiten, Maße: 16,6 x 24,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben:Møller, Valerie; Huschka, Denis; Michalos, Alex C.
- Herausgegeben: Valerie Møller, Denis Huschka, Alex C. Michalos
- Verlag: Springer Netherlands
- ISBN-10: 1402086857
- ISBN-13: 9781402086854
Sprache:
Englisch
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From the reviews:"This book provides didactic efforts at measuring quality of life (QOL) through survey instruments. ... The book reads as a reference for QOL research, potentially useful for scholars getting their feet wet in survey data, and correlates of welfare and well-being around the world. ... Taken individually, each of the chapters may provide necessary information for readers looking for specifics on a nation or region." (Nate Breznau, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Vol. 22 (1), Spring, 2010)
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