Advancing Quality of Life in a Turbulent World

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIX

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2. Regional and National Perspectives on Advancing Quality of Life

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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   2. How Does European Union Enlargement Affect Social Cohesion?

      • Wolfgang Keck, Peter Krause

      Pages 3-24

   3. Promoting Well-Being: A British Perspective

      • Beverley A. Searle

      Pages 25-40

   4. Importance and Satisfaction With Life Domains in Croatia: Representative Sample

      • Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipovcan, Zvjezdana Prizmic-Larsen

      Pages 41-52

3. Advancing Quality of Life in Selected Sectors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-54

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   2. Commuting and Quality of Life: The Italian Case

      • Giampaolo Nuvolati

      Pages 55-66

   3. An Alternative Measure of Years of Healthy Life

      • Alexandre Klementiev

      Pages 67-84

   4. Analyzing “Sustainable Wealth” Indicators for Evaluating the Contribution of a Regional Industrial Sector Toward Quality of Life and Sustainable Development

      • Martina Schäfer, Lydia Illge

      Pages 85-102

   5. Fuel Sources and Well-Being in the Marshall Islands

      • Jagjit Singh

      Pages 103-116

   6. Spirituality as a Robust Empirical Predictor of Psychosocial Outcomes: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

      • Ralph L. Piedmont

      Pages 117-134

   7. Hope and Spirituality in the Age of Anxiety

      • Anthony Scioli

      Pages 135-150

4. Advancing Quality of Life for Selected Population Groups

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-152

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   2. Communitarian versus Individualistic Arrangements in the Family: What and Whose Income Matters for Happiness?

      • Mariano Rojas

      Pages 153-168

   3. Socioeconomic Inequality and Inequalities in Health Among Kibbutz Elderly

      • Uriel Leviatan, Chagit Salm

      Pages 169-190

   4. Life Satisfaction Crossover Among Couples

      • Melvin Prince, Chris Manolis, Randi Minetor

      Pages 191-208

   5. Migrant Family Adaptation and Quality of Life: A Qualitative Study in Brazil

      • Cynthia Harr

      Pages 209-220

5. Back Matter

   Pages 221-225

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Environmentalissuescontinuedtoloomlargeinthelastdecadeofthetwentiethc- tury,especiallyenvironmentalproblemsrelatedtorisinglevelsofCO emissionsand 2 other greenhouse gases on the planet’s average temperatures and, subsequently, storm patterns. Floods and droughts, in combination with unseasonably high and low temperatures became the norm rather than the exception for large expanses of Africa,Asia and Oceania. Even large areas of Europe and NorthAmerica were s- jected to recurrent floods and droughts and experienced unseasonable extremes of hot and cold temperatures associated with man-made intrusions into the natural environment. And,still,aglobalplanofactiontohaltman-relatedpatternsofdef- estation, desertification, and over-fishing of the seas has yet to come into being. At the same time, the number of regional conflicts and civil wars increased and, with them, the lives of many women, children, old people and other n- combatants were lost in these conflicts. Increasingly, regional wars and conflicts had less to do with disputes over land or other natural resources but more with the differing social, political and religious identifications of the people engaged in these conflicts. Warnings of genocide and near-genocide conditions were commonly proclaimed to the world community but, sadly, the planet’s inter- tional security apparatus proved to be largely ineffective in containing many of the worst of these atrocities. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people, ev- tually millions, died while awaiting assistance from the global community to bring an end to their suffering.

• Nation
• environment
• international/comparative
• quality of life
• social indicators
• sociology
• well-being

• University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice, Philadelphia

  Richard J. Estes

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