Pursuing Quality Of Life

Author : Leonard Nevarez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136817476
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pursuing Quality of Life written by Leonard Nevarez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From anxieties over work-life balance and entangling technologies, to celebrations of cool jobs and great places to live, quality of life frames the ways we enhance our lives and legitimate social change today. But how does the idea of quality of life envision the greater good, and what gets lost as a result? This book provides the critical framework for understanding the idea’s contexts and tensions that are conspicuously missing in popular discussions, professional activities, and scholarly research on quality of life. With multiple case studies taken across North America and Europe, it provides a sociological perspective on the contradictory ways we talk about and pursue quality of life in relation to technology, consumerism, family, work, public space, rural ways of life, and ultimately the final years of life. Drawing on contemporary and classical social theory, it provides an incisive account of the historical shifts in developed societies over the last half-century that have transformed our views and pursuits of quality of life. Originally a promise to undertake collective effort and pursue social justice at a moment of unprecedented opportunity, quality of life now enshrines a solipsistic ideal with which to accommodate the storms of market forces and political failure.

Author : Reyna Schwartz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pursuing Happiness or Values written by Reyna Schwartz and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexander V. Avakov
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0875867766
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quality of Life, Balance of Power, and Nuclear Weapons (2010) written by Alexander V. Avakov and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The foundations of power politics in the nuclear age, fundamental forces that drive events in the international news, and seldom-discussed factors that can shift whole economies, or trigger wars, may be discerned from the statistical tables presented in this novel yearbook. This statistical annual presents fundamental data in three sections: (1) Quality of Life, (2) Balance of Power, and (3) Developed Market Economies since 1960. It contains data that is generally not available elsewhere. Sections 1 and 2 give statistics for 232 countries. The World Bank and Encyclopedia Britannica provide statistical data for a maximum of about 160 countries. The actual number of countries in World Bank statistical tables is even smaller. The CIA World Factbook gives data for about 230 countries but that data is limited in scope and is imprecise. Other statistical publications are even less satisfactory. The author has managed to increase the number of countries tallied by writing proprietary software utilizing statistical regressions, selecting data which, first of all, is important and, second, which allows for high correlation coefficients for these regressions. Section 2 includes data about nuclear delivery systems and the number of nuclear warheads of all nuclear powers. This is based on information from reputable sources. Among others, it includes estimates of the Israeli nuclear arsenal which usually do not appear in the press. Official estimates of Russian military expenditures distributed by US and British intelligence communities are methodologically flawed. Such estimates claim to give a picture of military expenditures of the countries of the world at market exchange rates; at the same time, they apparently cite Russian military expense figures at purchasing power parities, thus inflating these numbers in comparison to those of other countries. Such deceptive practices of the Anglo-American intelligence services are counter-balanced by presenting two different tables, showing military expenditures estimates both at market exchange rates and by purchasing power parities. Section 3 gives data on the topic of health care. It seems that public health expenditures as a share of total health expenditures has a stronger correlation with the comparative level (and the rates of improvement) of the main health care indicators than the absolute level (measured as a percent of GDP) of total health expenditures. The data demonstrates that the US has the lowest public health expenditure of developed market economies and is increasingly lagging behind other countries by main health care indicators. The proposed introduction of national health insurance in the US would probably mean some sort of tax increase. The author therefore also seeks to shed light on modern ideological debates about the share of taxation in GDP and its influence on rates of growth. Surprisingly enough, the empirical data for the developed market economies do not seem to support the popular idea that low taxes are strongly correlated with higher rates of growth; depending on how the data are analyzed, the appropriate correlations are either low or even the reverse of what is commonly believed. The foundations of power politics in the nuclear age, fundamental forces that drive events in the international news, and unspoken or seldom-discussed factors that can shift whole economies may be found lurking in the facts presented in this novel yearbook.

Author : Aleksandr Vladimirovich Avakov
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0875868916
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quality of Life, Balance of Powers, and Nuclear Weapons (2012) written by Aleksandr Vladimirovich Avakov and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who has the most nuclear assets in the Middle East? Whose power is waning, whose increasing? Updated for 2012, these tables of economic, demographic and military indicators establish the pecking order for 232 countries, with estimates of all nuclear arsenals including rarely published data on non-signatory nations.

Author : Alexander V. Avakov
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0875866778
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quality of Life, Balance of Power and Nuclear Weapons (2009) written by Alexander V. Avakov and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who has the most nuclear assets in the Middle East?a Whose power is waning, whose increasing?

Author : Mark J. Britzman Ed.D.
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491762853
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pursuing the Good Life written by Mark J. Britzman Ed.D. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuing the good life has been a quest for philosophers throughout recent human history as life became more than just surviving the many dangers of the day. A central question that has become even more important is, What makes life worth living? In Pursuing the Good Life, author Dr. Mark J. Britzman presents strategies to help you gain a more satisfying life experience. Offering more than psychological sound bites, Pursuing the Good Life shows you how to explore a new path by developing a plan that fulfills the need for love and belonging, empowerment, fun and enjoyment, freedom and independence, and higher states of good health and wellness. Britzman addresses how to: Live well Gain integrity with relationships Find meaningful work Experience a sense of purpose In this self-improvement book, Britzman provides an opportunity to self-evaluate and help you seize opportunities to make choices that are more life-enriching, leading to a better present and future. Pursuing the good life entails clarifying your hopes and dreams, finding an optimal direction that moves you closer to what you want, self-evaluating the consequences of your choices, and consistently developing a plan that is need-fulfilling.

Author : Chau-kiu Cheung
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981193827X
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Production Dynamics for Life Quality in the Incipient 21st Century written by Chau-kiu Cheung and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the life quality of the average adult in the world, based on international data weighted according to national population size. It rests on the theoretical framework of analytic-functionalism to explain statics and dynamics in the production of life quality. The statics means the influences of personal and national factors on life quality, whereas the dynamics mean the changes in the influences over time. This approach elucidates life quality at the personal level rather than at the national level, which overlooks what happens to the average person living in the world. The approach involves a broad view of the production of life quality, including experiences, practices, and appraisals of life. This production also involves personal background characteristics and the national indicators of modernization, globalization, and environmental issues. Knowledge about the production is helpful for policymakers, researchers, students, and other people to upgrade life quality. Such knowledge is valuable because it is up-to-date, generalizable, and sensible based on the analytic-functionalist theoretical framework and statistical estimation.

Author : Kenneth D. Keith
Publisher : American Association
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cross-cultural Perspectives on Quality of Life written by Kenneth D. Keith and published by American Association. This book was released on 2000 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of quality of life exists in an increasingly culturally divergent and international environment. This global orientation means increased cultural exchanges and cross-cultural research to understand both the culture-bound and universal nature of the quality-of-life concept. In this extensive survey, two renowned quality of life experts provide a global outlook on quality of life issues for people with mental retardation.

Author : Francesca Gimigliano
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832531814
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pursuing quality education in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine written by Francesca Gimigliano and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High-quality rehabilitation care represents a constitutive element of health systems worldwide. The harmonization of staff education both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level is a key element for ensuring the highest standard of rehabilitation care. International bodies, like the UEMS Board for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) or the International Society for PRM, have already delivered regulatory documents setting standards in postgraduate PRM education. The implementation of such rules is to be validated worldwide with special attention to low and middle income countries. This Research Topic aims to stimulate awareness in the scientific community, especially for those involved in postgraduate education and policy-making decisions. It will highlight the need for developing competency-based education as a powerful mechanism to align education and training with health system priorities. This holds particular value for resource-limited countries, where the knowledge and skills of rehabilitation doctors need to reflect not only the population's health profile, but also the strengths and weaknesses (e.g. workforce gaps and maldistributions) of the health system. This goal can be achieved through sharing experiences between those who have engaged themselves in the process of program development, curriculum design and competency-based education in rehabilitation. Over the last 25 years the number of papers addressing the issue of residency education in PRM has exponentially increased testifying the interest towards the role of rehabilitation and, more specifically, of the PRM doctors as leaders of the rehabilitation team.

Author : Avner Offer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198280026
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Pursuit of the Quality of Life written by Avner Offer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is wealth the same as happiness? How is the quality of life to be evaluated, measured, and most importantly, achieved? The authors provide provocative and engaging answers to these questions in this new, multidisciplinary and pragmatic approach to an important area of social research. Taking the individual as the point of departure, the authors consider both objective circumstances and their subjective impact on people's lives. Prominent authors from an array of different academic disciplines discuss the quality of life as viewed from their distinctive perspectives: these include the psychology of subjective well-being, destitution and basic needs, the environment, women and the family, illness and health, employment and work, and the role of the state.