ISBN:
9783030159078
,
3030159078
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxviii, 253 Seiten)
,
Diagramme, Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Social indicators research series volume 78
Series Statement:
Social Indicators Research Ser. v.78
Series Statement:
Social indicators research series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.44
Keywords:
Progress
;
Social planning
;
Progress
;
Social planning
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Chapter 1. Quality of Life and Well-Being in Historical Perspective -- Chapter 2. Quality of Life, Well-Being, and Social Development: Conceptual Continuities -- Chapter 3. Methodology -- Chapter 4. Well-Being from a Global Perspective -- Chapter 5. Well-Being from a Regional Perspective -- Chapter 6. Well-Being from a National Perspective -- Chapter 7. Population Groups and Well-Being -- Chapter 8. Towards a More Positive Future.
Abstract:
This book presents a comprehensive view of the state of social progress worldwide over an entire 50-year period beginning 1970. It discusses original time-series research for the period 1970-2018 as well as contemporary trends in quality of life and well-being research for the period since 2018, and provides innovative research findings into the nature, history, and status of 160 of the worlds economically advanced and developing nations. Among the topics included are discussion of the worldwide development trends occurring with especially vulnerable population groups, such as children and youth, the elderly, women, persons with disabilities, sexual minorities, and economic migrants. Further, this book reports social indicator trends at four unit of analysis: individuals, nations, world regions, and for the world-as-a-whole
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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