Development of Quality of Life Theory and Its Instruments

The Selected Works of Alex. C. Michalos

Alex C. Michalos

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9783319511481
• eBook ISBN:
  9783319511498
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

The focus of this volume is on the further development of the Quality of Life Theory and the means to measure the concept. The volume summarizes Michalos' fundamental assumptions about the nature of quality of life or human well-being and explains in detail the two variable theory of the quality of life. It gives an update of the journal Social Indicators Research after forty years, an explanation of the role of community indicators in connecting communities, and a critical review of the much publicized Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi report. It deals with the multiple discrepancies theory (MDT), the empirical theory designed to provide the foundation of the pragmatic theory of value. Other concepts discussed in this volume are the stability, sensitivity, and other different features of measures of domain and life satisfaction and happiness, measures of arts-related activities and beliefs, measures of knowledge, attitudes and behaviour concerning sustainable development, and the role of quality of life in sustainable development research. The volume concludes with discussions on connections between social indicators and communities, aspects of community quality of life in Prince George, British Columbia and Jasper, Alberta, and British Columbians' expectations and attitudes going into the third millennium.

Table of contents

• Other Books by Alex C. Michalos North American Social Report, 5 volumesGlobal Report on Student Well-Being, 4 volumesEssays on the Quality of LifeAncient Views on the Quality of LifeMilitarism and the Quality of LifeFoundations of Decision MakingTrade Barriers to the Public GoodGood TaxesA Pragmatic Approach to Business EthicsPrinciples of LogicImproving Your ReasoningThe Popper-Carnap Controversy
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Overview of the “The Selected Works of Alex C. Michalos”
• Introduction to “Selected Works of Alex C. Michalos”
• 1 Quality of Life, Two-Variable Theory
• 2 Satisfaction and Happiness
• 3 Multiple Discrepancies Theory (MDT)
• 4 A Feminist View of Women and Development
• 5 Highlights of Four Volume Global Report on Student Well-Being
• 6 Comments on Papers for the Special Issue on Global Report on Student Well-Being
• 7 Aspects of the Quality of Life in Prince George: A Case Study in Canada
• 8 Quality of Life in Jasper, Alberta
• 9 British Columbians’ Expectations and Attitudes Going into the Third Millennium
• 10 Identifying the Horse, the Cart and Their Proper Order in Sustainable Development
• 11 Connecting Communities with Community Indicators
• 12 Stability and Sensitivity in Perceived Quality of Life Measures: Some Panel Results
• 13 Arts and the Perceived Quality of Life in British Columbia
• 14 What Did Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi Get Right and What Did They Get Wrong?
• 15 Progress in Measuring Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours Concerning Sustainable Development Among Tenth Grade Students in Manitoba
• 16 Social Indicators Research: The Little Red Hen 40 Years Later
• 17 Michalos-Zumbo Well-Being Index
• Appendix
• History in Photographs