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The social progress of nations revisited, 1970-2020 = 50 years of development challenges and accomplishments /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The social progress of nations revisited, 1970-2020/ by Richard J. Estes.
Reminder of title:	50 years of development challenges and accomplishments /
Author:	Estes, Richard J..
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2019.,
Description:	xxxviii, 253 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm..;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Progress. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15907-8
ISBN:	9783030159078

The social progress of nations revisited, 1970-2020 = 50 years of development challenges and accomplishments /
Estes, Richard J..

The social progress of nations revisited, 1970-202050 years of development challenges and accomplishments /[electronic resource] :by Richard J. Estes. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019. - xxxviii, 253 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.. - Social indicators research series,v.781387-6570 ;. - Social indicators research series ;v.34..

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.

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 world's 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.

ISBN: 9783030159078

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-15907-8doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

646679
Progress.

LC Class. No.: HM891 / .E884 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 303.44

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