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860502
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Glatzer, Wolfgang
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History and politics of well-being in Europe /\ Wolfgang Glatzer.
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| Publication Statement
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Cham, Switzerland :: Springer,, [2019]
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Springer briefs in well-being and quality of life research
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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3030050483
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: 3030050491
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: 9783030050481
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: 9783030050498
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3030050475
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9783030050474
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| Contents
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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 People andEras inEuropean Development; References; 2 Geographical Benefits fortheEuropean Continent; References; 3 The Awareness ofEuropeans inAncient Times; References; 4 Heritage ofEarly European Peoples: Celts, Greeks, Romans, Germanics andSlavs; 4.1 Overview 1: Heritages ofEarly European Tribes: Celts, Greeks, Romans, Germanics; References; 5 Wars andtheDestruction ofWell-Being; 5.1 Overview 2: Wars inEurope withOne Million Fatalities andMore; References; 6 Long-Term State- andNation-Building inEurope; References
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7 Economic Growth andLevels ofLivingReferences; 8 The Spread ofDemocracy andTheir Challenges; References; 9 Emergence andDifferentiation ofEuropean Welfare States; References; 10 Variety andInequality ofWell-Being; References; 11 Well-Being inEveryday Life; References; 12 Long-Term Change andFuture Perspectives; References; Appendix Methodological Remarks on Social Reporting about Well-Being in Historical and International Context; Overview of Country Indicators for the 28 EU Member States and the most World Countries; App1
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This book presents a reconstruction of the history of well-being on the European continent with special attention to the European Union, as people from Europe have a history of a long-term march towards well-being. It discusses ancient civilizations on the European continent, which have contributed significantly to the features of well-being in contemporary Europe. Following Europe's success over the past millennium, which brought the continent a unique rise to better well-being it also imposed new challenges for sustaining well-being and alleviating misery. It is shown that Europeans attained a high level of well-being in global comparison, yet their attitudes remained at the same time ambivalent and precarious. Significant parts of the population claim a low well-being and suffer from the difficulties of life. Even though a top ranked area of socio-economic development in the world, this book shows that poverty, inequality and hardship remain stable structural problems which have to be overcome in order to avoid significant restrictions for a broad quality of life. But despite all their burdens and hardships, Europeans are among the most prosperous and privileged people in the world.
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Well-being-- Europe.
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Economic history.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Well-being.
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Europe, Economic conditions, History.
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Europe, Political aspects.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.094
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HN374.G53 2019
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