Social quality : from theory to indicators /: from theory to indicators. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Laurent J.G. van der Maesen, Director of the European Foundation on Social Quality, The Hague, the Netherlands, and Alan Walker, Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology, University of Sheffield, UK.
• Other Names: Maesen, Laurent van der; Walker, Alan, 1949-
• Contents: Foreword; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; L.van der Maesen & A.Walker; European and Global Challenges; L.van der Maesen & A.Walker; Theoretical Foundations; W.Beck, L.van der Maesen & A.Walker; Conceptual Location of Social Quality; P.Herrmann, L.van der Maesen & A.Walker; Social Quality Indicators; P.Herrmann, L.van der Maesen & A.Walker; Socio-Economic Security; D.Gordon; Social Cohesion; Y.Berman & D.Phillips; Social Inclusion; A.Walker & C.Walker; Social Empowerment; P.Herrmann; The Functions of Social Quality Indicators; L.van der Maesen; Social Quality and Sustainability; L.van der Maesen & A.Walker; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages), (7 illustrations)
• Subjects: 303.3; Public Policy/Economic Policy; Social policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy; Civics & Citizenship; Sociology/General; Public Policy/Social Policy; Social interaction; Social theory; Social mobility; Welfare economics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780230361195; 0230361196
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.