Télécharger le livre :  The Metrics of Happiness

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of how happiness and wellbeing are measured. It presents an accessible summary of the philosophy, methodology, and applicability of the various measurement techniques that have been generated by the leaders of the happiness...
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Parution : 2022-08-24
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Télécharger le livre :  Italian Studies on Food and Quality of Life

The book explores, through a reflection on food, the complexity of the concept of well-being. It starts from the consideration that food is a fundamental element for human well-being, and for well-being of the planet as a whole. Not only does food guarantee the survival...
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Parution : 2022-05-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Sport and Quality of Life

This book brings together essays analyzing the impact of sport and physical activity on psychophysical well-being and quality of life, through multidisciplinary and multi-country studies. It discusses how the commercial dimension of sport entertainment and recreational...
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Parution : 2022-04-19
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Télécharger le livre :  The Pope of Happiness

This book honors the work of Ruut Veenhoven, who has been a pioneer and leader in the field of happiness studies for the past 50 years. It brings together experts in the field discussing Veenhoven’s work as well as taking up themes from his workshops over the years to...
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Parution : 2021-04-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Positive Balance

The book provides a new theory of well-being designed to integrate many disparate concepts of well-being, such as subjective well-being, personal happiness, mental well-being, emotional well-being, psychological well-being, hedonic well-being, social well-being, life...
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Parution : 2020-06-18
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Télécharger le livre :  Teaching Quality of Life in Different Domains

This is the first volume addressing the importance of teaching quality of life theory and methodology in different domains: social sciences, philosophy, sociology, political science, marketing, education, urbanism, statistics, economics, online learning, public...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-08-28
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Télécharger le livre :  The Social Progress of Nations Revisited, 1970–2020

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...
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Parution : 2019-07-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Wealth(s) and Subjective Well-Being

This volume examines the impact of wealth on quality of life and subjective well-being (SWB). As wealth is related to economic, environmental and social features of societies, this volume serves as an important resource in understanding economic and SWB. It further...
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Parution : 2019-06-24
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Télécharger le livre :  Italian Studies on Quality of Life

This volume provides an overview of the ways the Italian school of quality of life studies addresses well-being and quality of life, from both a substantive and a methodological point of view. It discusses various topics such as those of equitable and...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-05-14
Collection : Social Indicators Research Series
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Télécharger le livre :  The Quality of European Societies

This volume presents a compilation of composite indicators created in order to measure important aspects of the quality of European societies. It examines three main questions: do Europeans live in good societies and enjoy good lives; are European societies becoming...
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Parution : 2019-05-10
Collection : Social Indicators Research Series
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Télécharger le livre :  Developmental Science and Sustainable Development Goals for Children and Youth

This book presents new scientific knowledge on using developmental science to improving lives of children and youth across the globe. It highlights emerging pathways to sustainability as well as the interconnectedness and interdependence of developmental science and...
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Parution : 2018-10-24
Collection : Social Indicators Research Series
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Télécharger le livre :  Hope for a Good Life

This volume addresses the convincing belief that hope is an existential need and resource for living a good life, not only when all is going well, but especially in difficult times. The findings reported in this volume result from the annual survey of the Hope-Barometer...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2018-05-02
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Télécharger le livre :  The Development of Africa

This volume analyses many of the real development challenges confronting the African continent, presenting fresh and current objective examinations, narratives, interpretations and pathways to the continent’s development. It interrogates and answers established,...
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Parution : 2017-10-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Complexity in Society: From Indicators Construction to their Synthesis

This volume discusses the many recent significant developments, and identifies important problems, in the field of social indicators. In the last ten years the methodology of multivariate analysis and synthetic indicators construction significantly developed. In...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-07-27
Collection : Social Indicators Research Series
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Télécharger le livre :  Understanding and Investigating Response Processes in Validation Research

This volume addresses an urgent need across multiple disciplines to broaden our understanding and use of response processes evidence of test validity. It builds on the themes and findings of the volume Validity and Validation in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-05-23
Collection : Social Indicators Research Series
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Télécharger le livre :  Alleviating World Suffering

This is the first volume on the subject of the alleviation of world suffering. At the same time it is also the first book framing the fields of global socio-economic development, world health, human rights, peace studies, sustainability, and poverty within the challenge...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-03-01
Collection : Social Indicators Research Series
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Télécharger le livre :  Diversity in Survey Questions on the Same Topic

This book describes why conventional methods fall short to solve the comparability problem and introduces three successive innovations to overcome these shortcomings. Comparability of results from different surveys using different items for the same topic is greatly...
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Parution : 2017-02-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Art-of-Living

This volume examines the questions of what constitutes a good life and how one can achieve happiness and well-being, and analyses different ways in which people can strive for a good life.  First, it presents an overview on important concepts in...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2016-09-29
Collection : Social Indicators Research Series
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Télécharger le livre :  International Measurement of Disability

This volume provides an informed review of the accomplishments of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) in the provision of international data and statistics on disability. It does so within the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2016-06-14
Collection : Social Indicators Research Series
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Télécharger le livre :  Indicators of Quality of Life in Latin America

This volume sheds new light on the use of quantitative, qualitative and synthetic indicators for the measurement of quality of life in different countries of Latin America. Organized in three parts, the book presents the methodology for the construction of new...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2016-03-21
Collection : Social Indicators Research Series
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