Global Handbook of Quality of Life
Exploration of Well-Being of Nations and Continents
Editors: Glatzer, W., Camfield, L., Møller, V., Rojas, M. (Eds.)
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- About this book
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This handbook provides a comprehensive historical account of the field of Quality of Life. It brings together theoretical insights and empirical findings and presents the main items of global quality of life and wellbeing research. Worldwide in its scope of topics, the handbook examines discussions of demographic and health development, the spread of democracy, global economic accounting, multi-item measurement of perceived satisfaction and expert-assessed quality of life and the well-being of children, women and poor people. It looks at well-being in specific regions, including North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, South America and Eastern and Western Europe. In addition to contributions by leading and younger authors, the handbook includes contributions from International Organizations about their own work with respect to social reporting.
- About the authors
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Wolfgang Glatzer from the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main was engaged in quality of life and social indicators research during all the time of his professional life. His interest was also directed toward monitoring social change and analysing welfare and progress.
- Table of contents (41 chapters)
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Monitoring and Analyzing Quality of Life – An Introduction
Pages 1-11
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Demographic and Health Development in the Long Run
Pages 15-43
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Living Standards in a Modernizing World – A Long-Run Perspective on Material Wellbeing and Human Development
Pages 45-74
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Wars and Violence Through the Centuries
Pages 75-97
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The Worldwide Spread of Democracy
Pages 99-112
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Table of contents (41 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Global Handbook of Quality of Life
- Book Subtitle
- Exploration of Well-Being of Nations and Continents
- Editors
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- Wolfgang Glatzer
- Laura Camfield
- Valerie Møller
- Mariano Rojas
- Series Title
- International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-017-9178-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-017-9178-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-017-9177-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-017-7796-4
- Series ISSN
- 2468-7227
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 894
- Number of Illustrations
- 66 b/w illustrations, 126 illustrations in colour
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