{"product_id":"social-quality-theory-a-new-perspective-on-social-development-9781782388975","title":"Social Quality Theory: A New Perspective on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tSocial quality thinking emerged from a critique of one-sided policies by breaking through the limitations previously set by purely economistic paradigms. By tracing its expansion and presenting different aspects of social quality theory, this volume provides an overview of a more nuanced approach,  which assesses societal progress and introduces proposals that are relevant for policy making. Crucially, important components emerge with research by scholars from Asia, particularly China, eastern Europe, and other regions beyond western Europe, the theory’s place of origin. As this volume shows, this rich diversity of approaches and their cross-national comparisons reveal the increasingly important role of social quality theory for informing political debates on development and sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKa Lin and Peter Herrmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reconceptualization of Social Quality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnne Fairweather, Borut Roncevic, Maj Rydbjerg, Marie Valentova and Mojca Zajc\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Indicators of Social Quality: Outcomes of the European Scientific Network\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLaurent J.G. van der Maesen and Alan Walker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Social Quality and Welfare System Sustainability\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlan Walker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Prototype of Social Quality Theory and Its Applicability to Asian Societies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKa Lin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Economic Performance, Social Progress and Social Quality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Hermann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Human and the Social: A Comparison of the Discourses of Human Development, Human Security and Social Quality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDes Gasper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Social Quality in Britain: A Welfare State?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSue Hacking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Social Quality in Sweden\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGöran Therborn and Sonia Therborn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Visions of the Sustainable Welfare Society: Extending Social Quality into an Asian\/Developmental Context\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eYoshinori Hiroi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Risks of Society Stability and Precarity of Employment: A Look at Russia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVyacheslav Bobkov, Olesya Veredyuk and Ulvi Aliyev\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Rational Actor Reform Paradigm: Delivering the Goods but Destroying Public Trust?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Taylor-Gooby\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eSocial Quality:\u003c\/strong\u003e An Invitation to Dance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWolfgang Beck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042224537943,"sku":"9781782388975","price":25.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782388975.jpg?v=1750953519","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-quality-theory-a-new-perspective-on-social-development-9781782388975","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}