Essays on the quality of life

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Essays on the quality of life

by Alex C. Michalos

(Social indicators research series, v. 19)

Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2003

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Since initiating the journal Social Indicators Research in 1974, Alex C. Michalos has been a pioneer in social indicators and quality-of-life research. This collection of nineteen articles provides an overview of nearly 30 years of work, including papers drawn from diverse sources and papers never published before. The final paper, on multiple discrepancies theory (MDT), is the author's unique contribution to an empirically testable new foundation for theories of utility, satisfaction and happiness.

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Reflections on twenty-five years of quality-of-life research. 2. Combining social, economic and environmental indicators to measure sustainable human well-being. 3. Evaluation of equality policies for the status of women in Canada. 4. Militarism and the quality of life. 5. Migration and the quality of life. 6. Job satisfaction, marital satisfaction and the quality of life. 7. Discrepancies between perceived income needs and actual incomes. 8. Optimism in 30 countries over a decade. 9. Health and the quality of life (with B.D. Zumbo, A. Hubley.) 10. Health and other aspects of the quality of life of older people (with A. Hubley, B.D. Zumbo, D. Hemingway.) 11. Healthy days, health satisfaction and satisfaction with the overall quality of life (with B.D. Zumbo.) 12. Leisure activities, health and the quality of life (with B.D. Zumbo.) 13. Social indicators research and health-related quality of life research. 14. Public services and the quality of life (with B.D. Zumbo.) 15. Criminal victimization and the quality of life (with B.D. Zumbo.) 16. Policing services and the quality of life. 17. Feminism and the quality of life (with D.C. Poff.) 18. Ethnicity, modern prejudice and the quality of life (with B.D. Zumbo.) 19. The impact of trust on business, international security and the quality of life. 20. Multiple discrepancies theory (MDT). Index.

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  • NCID
    BA64477721
  • ISBN
    • 1402013426
  • LCCN
    2003055496
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 492 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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