Ebook: Quality of life in Italy: Research and Reflections

​The outcome of the first Italian National Conference on Quality of Life, this volume is full of cogent analysis of topics and issues related to well being and quality of life, including focused papers on specific population groupings and discrete themes. Held in Florence in September 2010, the conference saw the creation of the Italian Association of Quality of Life Studies, devised as a forum for this varied field of research with a rapidly expanding profile in the context of the continuing financial crisis. The papers address a number of recognized quality-of-life concerns, including public health, wealth distribution, employment, political participation and the perception of crime. Contributors deploy innovative methods of analyzing official statistics that result in more complex and multidimensional indicators. Some papers provide data on other European nations that allow for comparative assessment, while others set out fresh approaches to evaluating quality of life itself. Highly relevant not just to academics, but to policy makers and practitioners in a range of sectors, this publication explores important aspects of a crucial contemporary subject.

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?The outcome of the first Italian National Conference on Quality of Life, this volume is full of cogent analysis of topics and issues related to well being and quality of life, including focused papers on specific population groupings and discrete themes. Held in Florence in September 2010, the conference saw the creation of the Italian Association of Quality-of-Life Studies, devised as a forum for this varied field of research with a rapidly expanding profile in the context of the continuing financial crisis. The papers address a number of recognized quality-of-life concerns, including public health, wealth distribution, employment, political participation and the perception of crime. Contributors deploy innovative methods of analyzing official statistics that result in more complex and multidimensional indicators. Some papers provide data on other European nations that allow for comparative assessment, while others set out fresh approaches to evaluating quality of life itself. Highly relevant not just to academics, but to policy makers and practitioners in a range of sectors, this publication explores important aspects of a crucial contemporary subject.

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?The outcome of the first Italian National Conference on Quality of Life, this volume is full of cogent analysis of topics and issues related to well being and quality of life, including focused papers on specific population groupings and discrete themes. Held in Florence in September 2010, the conference saw the creation of the Italian Association of Quality-of-Life Studies, devised as a forum for this varied field of research with a rapidly expanding profile in the context of the continuing financial crisis. The papers address a number of recognized quality-of-life concerns, including public health, wealth distribution, employment, political participation and the perception of crime. Contributors deploy innovative methods of analyzing official statistics that result in more complex and multidimensional indicators. Some papers provide data on other European nations that allow for comparative assessment, while others set out fresh approaches to evaluating quality of life itself. Highly relevant not just to academics, but to policy makers and practitioners in a range of sectors, this publication explores important aspects of a crucial contemporary subject.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Measuring Equitable and Sustainable Well-Being in Italy....Pages 9-25
A Non-compensatory Approach for the Measurement of the Quality of Life....Pages 27-40
From Composite Indicators to Partial Orders: Evaluating Socio-Economic Phenomena Through Ordinal Data....Pages 41-68
Light and Shade of Multidimensional Indexes....Pages 69-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Social and Demographic Change in Italy....Pages 107-114
Satisfied or Dissatisfied? An Analysis of the Results of ‘Aspects of Daily Life’ Italian Survey on Households....Pages 115-133
The Quality of Life Measured Through the Subjective Indicators of Safety: Fear, Worry About Crime and the Risk of Criminality ....Pages 135-150
Hours of Work and Life Quality....Pages 151-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Civic Evaluation as a Tool for Analyzing and Achieving Quality of Life Under the Citizen’s Point of View....Pages 179-197
Security, Quality of Life and Development: A Holistic Approach....Pages 199-224
Democracy and Public Knowledge: An Issue for Social Indicators....Pages 225-242
Flexicurity and Workers’ Well-Being in Europe: Is Temporary Employment Always Bad?....Pages 243-261
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
From a Concept’s Evolution Analysis to the Definition of a New Methodological Evaluation Tool of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Questionnaires....Pages 265-290
The Use of Health-Related Quality of Life Measures in Official Statistics: The Italian Experience....Pages 291-304
Individual and Family Quality of Life in Intellectual Disability: A Challenging Relationship....Pages 305-319
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Back Matter....Pages 321-322

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?The outcome of the first Italian National Conference on Quality of Life, this volume is full of cogent analysis of topics and issues related to well being and quality of life, including focused papers on specific population groupings and discrete themes. Held in Florence in September 2010, the conference saw the creation of the Italian Association of Quality-of-Life Studies, devised as a forum for this varied field of research with a rapidly expanding profile in the context of the continuing financial crisis. The papers address a number of recognized quality-of-life concerns, including public health, wealth distribution, employment, political participation and the perception of crime. Contributors deploy innovative methods of analyzing official statistics that result in more complex and multidimensional indicators. Some papers provide data on other European nations that allow for comparative assessment, while others set out fresh approaches to evaluating quality of life itself. Highly relevant not just to academics, but to policy makers and practitioners in a range of sectors, this publication explores important aspects of a crucial contemporary subject.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Measuring Equitable and Sustainable Well-Being in Italy....Pages 9-25
A Non-compensatory Approach for the Measurement of the Quality of Life....Pages 27-40
From Composite Indicators to Partial Orders: Evaluating Socio-Economic Phenomena Through Ordinal Data....Pages 41-68
Light and Shade of Multidimensional Indexes....Pages 69-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Social and Demographic Change in Italy....Pages 107-114
Satisfied or Dissatisfied? An Analysis of the Results of ‘Aspects of Daily Life’ Italian Survey on Households....Pages 115-133
The Quality of Life Measured Through the Subjective Indicators of Safety: Fear, Worry About Crime and the Risk of Criminality ....Pages 135-150
Hours of Work and Life Quality....Pages 151-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Civic Evaluation as a Tool for Analyzing and Achieving Quality of Life Under the Citizen’s Point of View....Pages 179-197
Security, Quality of Life and Development: A Holistic Approach....Pages 199-224
Democracy and Public Knowledge: An Issue for Social Indicators....Pages 225-242
Flexicurity and Workers’ Well-Being in Europe: Is Temporary Employment Always Bad?....Pages 243-261
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
From a Concept’s Evolution Analysis to the Definition of a New Methodological Evaluation Tool of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Questionnaires....Pages 265-290
The Use of Health-Related Quality of Life Measures in Official Statistics: The Italian Experience....Pages 291-304
Individual and Family Quality of Life in Intellectual Disability: A Challenging Relationship....Pages 305-319
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Back Matter....Pages 321-322
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