The Quality of Life in Korea Comparative and Dynamic Perspectives

The Quality of Life in Korea Comparative and Dynamic Perspectives / edited by Doh Chull Shin, Conrad P. Rutkowski, Chong-Min Park.

This is the first volume ever published to examine the objective and subjective qualities of Korean life from both comparative and dynamic perspectives. It presents non-Western policy alternatives to enhancing the quality of citizens' lives, distinguishing Korea as an Asian model of economic pr...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Doh Chull Shin (Editor), Rutkowski, Conrad P. (Editor), Chong-Min Park (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
Edition:1st ed. 2003.
Series:Social Indicators Research Series, 14
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Anthropology.
Quality of life.
Sociology.
Cross-cultural psychology.
Microeconomics.
Economic policy.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • The Quality of Life in Korea: Comparative and Dynamic Perspectives
  • I. The Transformation of Korean Life
  • Demographic Trends and Their Social Implications
  • Social Change and Stratification
  • Economic Crisis and Its Consequences
  • Democratization and Its Consequences
  • Stability and Change in Korean Values
  • II. Quality of Life Across Life Domains
  • Family Structure and Relations
  • Religious Influences on Personal and Societal Well-Being
  • Health and Health Care
  • Educational Attainment and Policy
  • Income, Consumption, and Poverty
  • Changing Conditions and Quality of Housing
  • Crime and Crime Control
  • Social Welfare System
  • Quality of Local Government and Democratic Citizenship
  • Environmental Conditions and Governmental Fiscal Policy
  • Media, The Public, and Freedom of the Press
  • III. Quality of Life Across Population Groups
  • Women in the Workplace: Gender and Wage Differentials
  • Quality of Life Among Government Employees
  • Value Consensus and Diversity Between Generations and Genders
  • Patterns of Family Support and the Quality of Life of the Elderly
  • Subjective Weil-Being Among College Students
  • IV. The Quality of Korean Life in Comparative Perspective
  • Objective Quality of Life in Korea and the OECD Countries
  • Subjective Quality of Korean Life in 1981 and 2001.

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