Politics and Quality of Life The Role of Well-Being in Political Outcomes /

This book explores the relationship between quality of life, policy, and political behavior. Using carefully collected, granular data, the authors create a measurement of quality of life for each county in the United States. After applying the index to each county and calculating scores, the results...

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Main Author: Yonk, Ryan M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Political Science,
Subjects:
Public policy.
Political sociology.
Social policy.
ISBN:9783319725710
ISSN:2191-5466
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Understanding Quality of Life
  • Chapter 2: Building a Quality of Life Index
  • Chapter 3: Effects of Quality of Life
  • Chapter 4: Quality of Life and Trust
  • Chapter 5: Quality of Life and Political Participation
  • Chapter 6: Quality of Life and Electoral Politics
  • Chapter 7: Quality of Life and Direct Democracy
  • Chapter 8: Quality of Life and Government Spending
  • Chapter 9: Quality of Life and Local Government
  • Chapter 10: Conclusions and Implications.

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