Quality of Life and the Millennium Challenge: Advances in Quality-Of-Life Studies, Theory and Research

by Valerie Møller

Book Overview

The new millennium is widely considered to be the age of globalisation, democratisation, and human rights. We live in a knowledge society and in a time of risk and uncertainty. World society is rapidly urbanising and ageing and exhausting its natural resources. It is the interplay of such key trends of the era that calls for a fresh approach to measuring quality of life. This collection of papers presents an innovative approach to evaluating living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048179130
• ISBN13: 9789048179138
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"