Assessing Quality of Life and Living Conditions to Guide National Policy The State of the Art
Our 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. We discuss cutting-edge surveys that are being adopted by all countries in the European community as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2002, 2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
| Series: | Social Indicators Research Series
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Concepts and Theory
- Conceptualizing and Measuring Quality of Life for National Policy
- Why Social Policy Needs Subjective Indicators
- Towards a European System of Social Indicators: Theoretical Framework and System Architecture
- Current Social Indicator and Social Reporting Programs: National and Comparative Experience
- Strategies and Traditions in Swedish Social Reporting: A 30-Year Experience
- Quality of Life and Living Conditions in the Netherlands
- “Quality of Life” Research at the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics: Social Indicators and Social Surveys
- Quality of Life in a European Perspective: The EUROMODULE as a New Instrument for Comparative Welfare Research
- The Norbalt Project: Comparative Studies of Living Conditions in the Three Baltic Countries
- Living Conditions in the Arctic
- Cross-National Comparison of the Quality of Life in Europe: Inventory of Surveys and Methods
- Applying Social Indicators to Effect Social Change
- Telesis: The Uses of Indicators to Set Goals and Develop Programs to Change Conditions
- The Role of Quality of Life Surveys in Managing Change in Democratic Transitions: The South African Case
- Monitoring the Impact of Land Reform on Quality of Life: A South African Case Study
- Toward a Social Development Index for Hong Kong: The Process of Community Engagement
- International Comparisons of Trends in Economic Well-Being
- Declining Quality of Life Costs Governments Elections: Review of 13 OECD Countries
- Considering Social Cohesion in Quality of Life Assessments: Concept and Measurement
- Do Income Surveys Overestimate Poverty in Western Europe? Evidence from a Comparison with Institutional Frameworks