Assessing Quality of Life and Living Conditions to Guide (Social Indicators Research Series)

Introduction....Pages 1-11
Conceptualizing and Measuring Quality of Life for National Policy....Pages 13-32
Why Social Policy Needs Subjective Indicators....Pages 33-45
Towards a European System of Social Indicators: Theoretical Framework and System Architecture....Pages 47-87
Strategies and Traditions in Swedish Social Reporting: A 30-Year Experience....Pages 89-113
Quality of Life and Living Conditions in the Netherlands....Pages 115-140
“Quality of Life” Research at the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics: Social Indicators and Social Surveys....Pages 141-162
Quality of Life in a European Perspective: The EUROMODULE as a New Instrument for Comparative Welfare Research....Pages 163-176
The Norbalt Project: Comparative Studies of Living Conditions in the Three Baltic Countries....Pages 177-189
Living Conditions in the Arctic....Pages 191-216
Cross-National Comparison of the Quality of Life in Europe: Inventory of Surveys and Methods....Pages 217-228
Telesis: The Uses of Indicators to Set Goals and Develop Programs to Change Conditions....Pages 229-265
The Role of Quality of Life Surveys in Managing Change in Democratic Transitions: The South African Case....Pages 267-292
Monitoring the Impact of Land Reform on Quality of Life: A South African Case Study....Pages 293-312
Toward a Social Development Index for Hong Kong: The Process of Community Engagement....Pages 313-347
International Comparisons of Trends in Economic Well-Being....Pages 349-382
Declining Quality of Life Costs Governments Elections: Review of 13 OECD Countries....Pages 383-402
Considering Social Cohesion in Quality of Life Assessments: Concept and Measurement....Pages 403-428
Do Income Surveys Overestimate Poverty in Western Europe? Evidence from a Comparison with Institutional Frameworks....Pages 429-440