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on Social Indicators, Social Trends, and the Quality-of-Life.
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Fall, November 2000, Number 64
SOCIAL REPORTS AND TRENDS:
Economists Analyze the Effects of Investments on Governance, Sustainability and
Welfare
Abbott
Ferriss reviews a study from the World Bank. The study encompasses theory,
empirical evidence, and recommendations
for the future-all expressed in deeply economic terms. The question being
answered is "Suppose you want to improve the governance
of a country, see that its natural resources were conserved and its quality of
life increased. All you have to work with is money. What would you do?"
Crime and Crime Control: An International Comparison with a focus on the Netherlands
Kenneth
C. Land reviews the volume "Legal Infrastructure of the Netherlands in
International Perspective" by Franks van Dijk and Jaap de Waard.
This volume places the performance of the public sector in its efforts to
control crime in the Netherlands in an international perspective. Using
quantitative data,
the
report aims to
make a link between the nature and volume of crime and the efforts of the
public sector to fight crime. Autonomous or semi-autonomous factors
are taken into account while comparing the
Netherlands with the European countries of Austria, Denmark, France, Germany
and many others outside Europe such
as USA and Canada.
A Report on the Well-Being of Older Americans
Kenneth
C. Land reviews the report Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being,.
The objective of this new interagency report is to provide a
unified
picture of the health and well-being of the older population of the U.S, an
important and growing segment of our population. Older Americans is designed
to
present data in a non-technical, user-friendly format that is divided into five
sections: Population, Economics, Health Status, Health Risks and Behaviors, and
Health
Care.
“Rich and Poor” A
Report on the International Sociological Association – Working Group 6,
Conference 2000
Roland Habich and
Susanne von Below discuss the Working Group 6 conference where the topic was the
disparities, perceptions and consequences of the relationship between rich and poor within and between countries.
The International Sociological Association, in cooperation with the “Social
Structure and Social Reporting” department of the Social Science Research
Center Berlin (WZB), were hosts of this international conference where
researchers from 19 nations met and exchanged their interests and findings in
26 presentations.
BREIFLY NOTED:
Life Satisfaction is Slightly Better in Europe
The European Commission reports that a new Eurobarometer survey shows life satisfaction up from 78 percent in 1989 to 82 in 1999.
Population and Environment
A release by Population Action International, a non-profit research and action group, reviews linkages between population trends and the environment.
Regression Analysis of Count Data
Cambridge University
Press just released a new mathematically based text that may be useful in the analysis
of social indicators.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
General Social Survey Student Paper Competition
Journal
of Happiness Studies, Call for Papers
The 2001 ISQOLS Conference, Call for Participation in Organizing Tracks
The International
Society for Quality-of-Life Studies
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