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Title
The social progress of nations revisited, 1970-2020 : 50 years of development challenges and accomplishments / Richard J. Estes.
ISBN
9783030159078 (electronic book)
3030159078 (electronic book)
303015906X
9783030159061
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-15
Call Number
HM891
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.44
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 29, 2019).
Series
Social indicators research series ; v. 78.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783030159061
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.
