The Social Progress of Nations Revisited, 1970–2020
Subtitle: 50 Years of Development Challenges and Accomplishments
Publisher: Springer
Published: Aug 16, 2019
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9783030159061
Description: This book presents a comprehensive view of the state of social progress worldwide over an entire 50-year period beginning 1970. It discusses original time-series research for the period 1970-2018 as well as contemporary trends in quality of life and well-being research for the period since 2018, and provides innovative research findings into the nature, history, and status of 160 of the worlds economically advanced and developing nations. Among the topics included are discussion of the worldwide development trends occurring with especially vulnerable population groups, such as children and youth, the elderly, women, persons with disabilities, sexual minorities, and economic migrants. Further, this book reports social indicator trends at four unit of analysis: individuals, nations, world regions, and for the world-as-a-whole.
Notes: Source title: The Social Progress of Nations Revisited, 1970–2020: 50 Years of Development Challenges and Accomplishments (Social Indicators Research Series (78))