Advancing Quality of Life in a Turbulent World

Preface, Richard J. Estes.- Acknowledgement.- Contributors.- Part I: Regional and National Perspectives on Advancing Quality of Life- 1. How Does European Union Enlargement Affect Social Cohesion?, Wolfgang Keck and Peter Krause.- 2. Promoting Well-Being: A British Perspective, Beverley A. Searle.- 3. Importance and Satisfaction With Life Domains in Croatia: A Representative Sample, Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipovcan and Zvjezdana Prizmic-Larsen.- Part II: Advancing Quality of Life in Selected Sectors.- 4. Commuting and Quality of Life: The Italian Case, Giampaolo Nuvolati.- 5. An Alternative Measure of Years of Healthy Life, Alexandre Klementiev.- 6. Analyzing 'Sustainable Wealth' Indicators For Evaluating the Contribution of a Regional Industrial Sector Toward Quality of Life and Sustainable Development, Martina Schaefer and Lydia Illge.- 7. Fuel Sources and Well-Being in the Marshall Islands, Jagjit Singh.- 8. Spirituality As A Robust Empirical Predictor of Psychosocial Outcomes: A Cross-Cultural Analysis, Ralph L. Piedmont.- 9. Hope and Spirituality in the Age of Anxiety, Anthony Scioli.- Part III: Advancing the Quality of Life For Selected Population Groups.- 10. Communitarian Versus Individualistic Arrangements in the Family: What and Whose Income Matters for Happiness?, Mariano Rojas.- 11. Socioeconomic Inequality and Inequalities in Health Among Kibbutz Elderly, Uriel Leviatan and Chagit Salm.- 12. Life Satisfaction Crossover Among Couples, Melvin Prince, Chris Manolis and Randi Minetor.- 13. Migrant Family Adaptation and Quality of Life: A Qualitative Study in Brazil, Cynthia R. Harr.- Index.