Challenges for Quality of Life in the Contemporary World Advances in quality-of-life studies, theory and research / edited by Wolfgang Glatzer, Susanne Below, Matthias Stoffregen.

Wolfgang Glatzer Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitiit Franlifurt am Main, Germany ABSTRACT Challenges for the quality of life in the contemporary world were the focus of the Fifth International Quality of Life-Conference in Frankfurt am Main in the year 2003, hosted and organized by the Interna tion...

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Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Glatzer, Wolfgang (Editor), Below, Susanne (Editor), Stoffregen, Matthias (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
Edition:	1st ed. 2004.
Series:	Social Indicators Research Series, 24 Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:	Social sciences. Quality of life. Political science. Sociology. Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
1. Challenges for Quality of Life
I: Goal Discussions on Quality of Life
2. Social Quality and Quality of Life
3. Bringing together the Concepts of Quality of Life and Sustainability
4. Subjective Measures of Well-being in Developing Countries
5. Towards Enhancing the Quality of Life in Africa. Challenges, Problems, and Prospects
II: Monitoring Quality of Life
6. World Database of Happiness. Continuous Register of Research on Subjective Appreciation of Life
7. Comparative Survey Questions on Quality of Life. The “Dynamic Information Centre”
8. An Evidence-Based Approach to the Construction of Summary Quality-of-Life Indices
9. The Social State of the Netherlands. A Model Based Approach to Describing Living Conditions and Quality of Life
10. Biographical Analysis of Quality of Life Processes in Migration
III: Economic Challenges For Quality Of Life
11. Monetary Stability and Quality of Life
12. Segmented Quality of Working Life. Regular vs. Non-Regular Workers in Korea
13. Does Happiness Pay? An Exploration Based on Panel Data from Russia
IV: Cultural Challenges for Quality of Life
14. Happiness as an Expression of Freedom and Self-Determination. A Comparative Multilevel Analysis
15. Satisfaction with Life Domains and Salient Values for the Future. Analyses about Children and their Parents
16. Parental Divorce and the Well-being of Adolescent Children. Changes between 1984–1999 in the Netherlands
17. Belief in Values and their Perceived Realization as Determinants of Quality of Life. The Case of Kibbutz Members
V: Options and Restrictions for Quality of Life
18. Quality of Life in a Divided Society
19. Satisfaction with Health Care Systems. A Comparison of EU Countries
20. The Quality of Death as a Component of Quality of Life
21. Life Satisfaction: Can We Produce It?
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Challenges for Quality of Life in the Contemporary World Advances in quality-of-life studies, theory and research / edited by Wolfgang Glatzer, Susanne Below, Matthias Stoffregen.

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